Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i5-9300H

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i5-9300H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9300H is faster than the Core i9-8950HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-8950HK in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the Core i5-9300H. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-9300H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9300H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9300H. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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