Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Core i7-14700HX

Core i9-7980XE vs Core i7-14700HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700HX is faster than the Core i9-7980XE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7980XE in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700HX 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 i7-14700HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-7980XE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX 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.