Intel Core i9-9980HK vs Intel Core i7-9750H

Core i9-9980HK vs Core i7-9750H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9750H 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9980HK has slightly more cores than the Core i7-9750H. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-9750H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9750H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-9750H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-9750H. The Core i9-9980HK also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.