AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-11980HK

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Core i9-11980HK specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3800X beats the Core i9-11980HK in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11980HK in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-11980HK outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800X thanks to a significantly 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 Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.