Intel Core i9-9880H vs Intel Core i7-9750H

Core i9-9880H vs Core i7-9750H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9880H performs better than the Core i7-9750H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9750H 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 i7-9750H. Indeed, the Core i9-9880H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-9750H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9750H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9750H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9880H. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H 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. In terms of cache, the Core i9-9880H has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9750H. The Core i9-9880H also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-9880H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.