Intel Core i9-9980HK vs Intel Core i7-10850H

Core i9-9980HK vs Core i7-10850H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10850H is faster than the Core i9-9980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9980HK in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9980HK has slightly more cores than the Core i7-10850H. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-10850H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10850H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10850H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9980HK. Also, the Core i7-10850H 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-9980HK has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10850H. The Core i9-9980HK also has slightly more L3 cache.

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