Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i7-11390H

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i7-11390H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-8950HK is faster than the Core i7-11390H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11390H 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 i7-11390H. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-11390H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11390H. The Core i7-11390H outputs less heat than Core i9-8950HK thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.