Intel Core i9-11980HK Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i9-11980HK has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 11. gen of the Intel Core i9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1787 socket and was released in Q2/2021. The Intel Core i9-11980HK scores 1,645 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 8,418 points.
Intel Core i9-11980HK

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i9-11980HK. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i9-11980HK.

Name: Intel Core i9-11980HK
Family: Intel Core i9 (78)
CPU group: Intel Core i 11000H (17)
Architecture: Tiger Lake H
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 11
Predecessor: Intel Core i9-10980HK
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-11980HK has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-11980HK is 3.30 GHz (5.00 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 8 / 16
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 8x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 5.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores): 4.00 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i9-11980HK has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i9-11980HK uses the Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU), which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.45 GHz
Compute units: 32
Shader: 256
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2021
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 11
Direct X: 12
Technology: 10 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 64 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: Decode
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-3200
51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth: 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 65 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: 45 W
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-11980HK is made in 10 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 24.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 10 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1787
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 24.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date: Q2/2021
Release price: 583 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-11980HK have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M2 Apple M2
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1592
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1587
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1579
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1574
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1574
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1574
Intel Core i7-11375H Intel Core i7-11375H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
1574

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz
14067
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 AMD Ryzen 7 5800
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
14065
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
14017
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
13977
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
13977
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
13955
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
13875

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1195G7 Intel Core i7-1195G7
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
1649
Intel Core i5-12400 Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1647
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1647
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1645
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1645
Intel Core i5-13400F Intel Core i5-13400F
10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1644
Intel Core i5-13400 Intel Core i5-13400
10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1644

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
8449
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
8432
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
8420
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
8418
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
8397
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
8397
Intel Xeon E-2386G Intel Xeon E-2386G
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
8389

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
2136
Intel Core i3-13100T Intel Core i3-13100T
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
2134
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 AMD Ryzen 9 5900
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz
2130
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
2129
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
2129
Intel Core i5-11600 Intel Core i5-11600
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
2127
Intel Core i7-11700T Intel Core i7-11700T
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
2127

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
9827
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
9768
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz
9768
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
9766
Intel Core i5-13420H Intel Core i5-13420H
8C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
9755
Intel Xeon Gold 6140 Intel Xeon Gold 6140
18C 36T @ 2.80 GHz
9744
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 AMD Ryzen 9 5900
12C 24T @ 4.10 GHz
9740

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-11700K Intel Core i7-11700K
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
612
Intel Core i7-11700KF Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
612
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
612
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
610
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
610
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
610
Intel Core i7-11375H Intel Core i7-11375H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
610

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C 12T @ 5.30 GHz
5989
Intel Core i9-10900F Intel Core i9-10900F
10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz
5912
Intel Core i9-9940X Intel Core i9-9940X
14C 28T @ 4.20 GHz
5912
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
5875
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
5850
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 AMD Ryzen 5 7600
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
5850
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
5843

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-4750HQ Intel Core i7-4750HQ
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.20 GHz
768
Apple A14 Bionic Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A14 @ 1.46 GHz
749
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm Adreno 730 @ 0.82 GHz
745
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz
742
Intel Core i7-12650HX Intel Core i7-12650HX
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz
742
Intel Core i7-12800HX Intel Core i7-12800HX
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz
742
Intel Core i5-11500B Intel Core i5-11500B
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz
742

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-1370P Intel Core i7-1370P
14C 20T @ 1.90 GHz
23617
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
23569
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
23400
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
23322
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
23322
AMD EPYC 7F32 AMD EPYC 7F32
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
23314
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
23310

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
5530
Intel Core i9-9900K Intel Core i9-9900K
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
5502
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
5447
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
5439
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
5413
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
5380
Intel Xeon E-2288G Intel Xeon E-2288G
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
5368

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