Intel Core i9-11980HK vs Intel Xeon Silver 4114

Core i9-11980HK vs Xeon Silver 4114 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11980HK is faster than the Xeon Silver 4114. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Silver 4114 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Silver 4114 has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i9-11980HK that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11980HK. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Silver 4114. Also, the Core i9-11980HK has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11980HK CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Silver 4114 CPU because of its 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.