Intel Core i9-9980HK vs Intel Core i7-12700H

Core i9-9980HK vs Core i7-12700H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700H beats the Core i9-9980HK in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9980HK in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i9-9980HK has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9980HK. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Core i9-9980HK 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.

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.