Intel Core i9-13980HX vs Intel Core i7-13700T

Core i9-13980HX vs Core i7-13700T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13980HX is faster than the Core i7-13700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700T has significantly more cores with 16 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 i9-13980HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700T. Also, the Core i9-13980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700T has significantly 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 i7-13700T.

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.