Core i9-13980HX vs Core i7-13790F comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13790F 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.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13790F has significantly more cores than the Core i9-13980HX. Indeed, the Core i7-13790F has 16 cores compared to 5 cores found in the Core i9-13980HX. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-13980HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13790F. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13980HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-13790F. The Core i9-13980HX also has significantly more L3 cache.
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.
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