Intel Core i9-9820X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

Core i9-9820X vs Core Ultra 7 165H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9820X is faster than the Core Ultra 7 165H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 165H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 165H has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i9-9820X that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9820X. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9820X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H.

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 i9-9820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.