Core i9-11980HK vs Ryzen 5 8640HS benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-11980HK performs better than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-11980HK has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8640HS that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8640HS outputs less heat than Core i9-11980HK thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-11980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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