Intel Core i9-9880H vs Intel Core i7-7800X

Core i9-9880H vs Core i7-7800X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9880H performs better than the Core i7-7800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7800X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9880H has slightly more cores than the Core i7-7800X. Indeed, the Core i9-9880H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-7800X. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7800X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7800X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9880H. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-9880H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7800X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i9-9880H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.