Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Core i7-13800H

Core i9-7980XE vs Core i7-13800H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7980XE beats the Core i7-13800H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-13800H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7980XE has slightly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Core i7-13800H that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13800H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7980XE has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13800H. Despite this, the Core i7-13800H 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.