AMD Ryzen 7 4800H vs Intel Core i9-7980XE

Ryzen 7 4800H vs Core i9-7980XE specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 4800H beats the Core i9-7980XE in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7980XE in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7980XE has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 4800H. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 4800H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 4800H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7980XE. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 4800H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7980XE CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 Ryzen 7 4800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.