Intel Core i9-9980HK vs Intel Core i7-11390H

Core i9-9980HK vs Core i7-11390H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11390H 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 significantly more cores than the Core i7-11390H. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-11390H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11390H. The Core i7-11390H outputs less heat than Core i9-9980HK thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.