Intel Core i9-11980HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Core i9-11980HK vs Ryzen 5 6600H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11980HK is faster than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 6600H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-11980HK has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 6600H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 6600H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 6600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-11980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.