Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Core i7-13700HX

Core i9-7980XE vs Core i7-13700HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7980XE performs better than the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX 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 i7-13700HX. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i7-13700HX. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13700HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-7980XE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.