Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i3-N305

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i3-N305 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-N305 is faster than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-N305 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i9-8950HK that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has more threads than the Core i3-N305. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-8950HK has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-N305 outputs less heat than Core i9-8950HK thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-N305 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-N305.

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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.