Intel Core i9-11980HK vs Intel Xeon W-11855M

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6435 points

21% slightly better overall score

5286 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points

16% slightly better gaming score

7503 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5726 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

4615 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5566 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

4471 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.36 points

70% significantly higher Blender score

121.37 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.2 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

60% significantly more L1 cache

480 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

224th of 1,089

312th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-11980HK vs Xeon W-11855M comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11980HK is faster than the Xeon W-11855M. Despite this, the Xeon W-11855M 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 Xeon W-11855M that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-11855M. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon W-11855M has a slightly higher clock speed than 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.

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.