Intel Core i9-13980HX vs Intel Core i7-14700HX

Core i9-13980HX vs Core i7-14700HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13980HX performs better than the Core i7-14700HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more cores than the Core i9-13980HX. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has 20 cores compared to 5 cores found in the Core i9-13980HX. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-13980HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700HX 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 i7-14700HX.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-13980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.