Intel Core i9-9980HK vs Intel Core i7-4980HQ

Core i9-9980HK vs Core i7-4980HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9980HK beats the Core i7-4980HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4980HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9980HK has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4980HQ. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4980HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4980HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4980HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-9980HK CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4980HQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.