Intel Core i9-9980HK vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

Core i9-9980HK vs Core i3-1115G4 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9980HK performs better than the Core i3-1115G4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1115G4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9980HK has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i3-1115G4 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1115G4. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-1115G4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1115G4 outputs less heat than Core i9-9980HK 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 i3-1115G4 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1115G4.

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 i9-9980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.