Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i7-2760QM

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i7-2760QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-8950HK beats the Core i7-2760QM in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-2760QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-2760QM that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2760QM. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2760QM. 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.