Intel Core i9-9880H vs Intel Core i5-1345U

Core i9-9880H vs Core i5-1345U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9880H beats the Core i5-1345U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-1345U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1345U has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i9-9880H that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has more threads than the Core i5-1345U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9880H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1345U. Also, the Core i9-9880H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-1345U has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9880H. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1345U.

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.