Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Core i9-12900K

Core i9-7980XE vs Core i9-12900K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900K performs better than the Core i9-7980XE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7980XE in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7980XE has slightly more cores than the Core i9-12900K. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7980XE. Also, the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-7980XE CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.