Intel Core i9-13980HX vs Intel Core i5-14600K

Core i9-13980HX vs Core i5-14600K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-14600K performs better than the Core i9-13980HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13980HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14600K has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i9-13980HX has 5 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-14600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13980HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14600K has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-13980HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13980HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14600K.

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 i9-13980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.