Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Core i5-13600HX

Core i9-7980XE vs Core i5-13600HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7980XE beats the Core i5-13600HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13600HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7980XE has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13600HX. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-13600HX. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600HX. According to our data, the Core i9-7980XE and Core i5-13600HX have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-13600HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.