Intel Core i9-9880H vs Intel Core i5-1240P

Core i9-9880H vs Core i5-1240P comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9880H is faster than the Core i5-1240P. Despite this, the Core i5-1240P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores than the Core i9-9880H. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9880H. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9880H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1240P. Also, the Core i9-9880H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1240P outputs less heat than Core i9-9880H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9880H. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1240P.

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 i9-9880H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.