Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Core i7-13850HX

Core i9-7980XE vs Core i7-13850HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-7980XE is faster than the Core i7-13850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13850HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13850HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i9-7980XE that has 18 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-7980XE has more threads than the Core i7-13850HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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