Intel Core i9-13980HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Core i9-13980HX vs Core Ultra 7 265F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265F 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 265F has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i9-13980HX that has 5 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 265F has a slightly 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 Ultra 7 265F 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 Ultra 7 265F.

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.