Intel Core i9-9980HK Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i9-9980HK has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 9. gen of the Intel Core i9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1440 socket and was released in Q2/2019. The Intel Core i9-9980HK scores 1,183 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 7,301 points.
Intel Core i9-9980HK

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i9-9980HK. 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 i9-9980HK.

Name: Intel Core i9-9980HK
Family: Intel Core i9
CPU group: Intel Core i 9000H
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 9
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core i9-10980HK

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-9980HK has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-9980HK is 2.40 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: Yes
Frequency: 2.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 5.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores): 3.40 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i9-9980HK has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i9-9980HK uses the Intel UHD Graphics 630, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 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 630
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.25 GHz
Execution units: 24
Shader: 192
Max. GPU Memory: 64 GB
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Release date: Q4/2017

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: No
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 42.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: DDR4-2666
LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth: 42.7 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 45 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): 45 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-9980HK is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 16.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1440
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 16.00 MB
Architecture: Coffee Lake H Refresh
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
Release date: Q2/2019
Release price: 580 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-9980HK 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.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700C AMD Ryzen 7 3700C
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1194
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
1194
Intel Core i9-10980XE Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C 36T @ 4.80 GHz
1191
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1186
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz
1184
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
8C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1184
Intel Core i7-9700F Intel Core i7-9700F
8C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
1181
Show all Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i7-9700 Intel Core i7-9700
8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
8540
Intel Core i3-12100 Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
8443
Intel Core i3-12100F Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
8443
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
8370
Intel Core i5-10505 Intel Core i5-10505
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
8294
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
8249
Intel Core i5-10500 Intel Core i5-10500
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
8209
Show all Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) results



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.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
490
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
490
Intel Core i7-8700K Intel Core i7-8700K
6C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
487
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
485
Intel Core i7-10750H Intel Core i7-10750H
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
484
Intel Xeon E-2286G Intel Xeon E-2286G
6C 6T @ 4.90 GHz
482
Intel Xeon E-2274G Intel Xeon E-2274G
4C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
482
Show all Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i7-8700 Intel Core i7-8700
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
3547
AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
3544
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
12C 24T @ 2.60 GHz
3520
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
3503
Intel Xeon Gold 5115 Intel Xeon Gold 5115
10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz
3493
Intel Core i9-9880H Intel Core i9-9880H
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
3462
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
3457
Show all Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i7-7740X Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1497
Intel Core i7-10710U Intel Core i7-10710U
6C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
1496
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.91 GHz
1496
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1492
Intel Core i5-10400H Intel Core i5-10400H
4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
1490
Intel Xeon W-2145 Intel Xeon W-2145
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1487
Intel Xeon Gold 6244 Intel Xeon Gold 6244
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1487
Show all Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) results



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.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
6967
Intel Core i7-10875H Intel Core i7-10875H
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
6960
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
6951
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
6927
Intel Core i7-1255U Intel Core i7-1255U
10C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
6908
Intel Core i7-7800X Intel Core i7-7800X
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
6897
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
6886
Show all Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) results



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 Xeon W-3265M Intel Xeon W-3265M
24C 48T @ 4.60 GHz
1189
Intel Core i3-10305 Intel Core i3-10305
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1188
Intel Core i7-1065G7 Intel Core i7-1065G7
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1184
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1183
AMD Ryzen 5 4400GE AMD Ryzen 5 4400GE
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1183
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1183
Intel Xeon Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
1182
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



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.

Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz
7358
AMD Ryzen 7 6800U AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
7335
Intel Xeon W-2235 Intel Xeon W-2235
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
7328
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
7301
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
7300
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
7300
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
7298
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 Qualcomm Snapdragon 765
Qualcomm Adreno 620 @ 0.63 GHz
490
Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
Qualcomm Adreno 618 @ 0.95 GHz
486
AMD A10-5745M AMD A10-5745M
AMD Radeon HD 8610G @ 0.63 GHz
481
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.25 GHz
480
Intel Core i9-10885H Intel Core i9-10885H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.25 GHz
480
Intel Xeon E-2286M Intel Xeon E-2286M
Intel UHD Graphics P630 @ 1.25 GHz
480
Intel Core i9-10980HK Intel Core i9-10980HK
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.25 GHz
480
Show all iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) results



Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
148
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
147
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
146
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
145
Intel Core i7-11700F Intel Core i7-11700F
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
145
Intel Core i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
145
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
143
Show all Blender 3.1 Benchmark results



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.

AMD Ryzen 5 4600H AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
14648
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
14555
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
14555
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
14481
Intel Core i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
14480
Intel Core i7-6900K Intel Core i7-6900K
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
14474
Intel Xeon W-1250P Intel Xeon W-1250P
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
14467
Show all Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark results



Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
235.7
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
241.2
Intel Core i9-9880H Intel Core i9-9880H
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
242.2
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
251.2
Intel Core i7-5960X Intel Core i7-5960X
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
254.1
Apple M2 Apple M2
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
277
Apple M2 (8-GPU) Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
277
Show all Blender 2.81 (bmw27) results



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 i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
4299
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
4281
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
4275
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz
4269
Intel Core i5-11400F Intel Core i5-11400F
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz
4255
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
4255
Intel Core i5-11400 Intel Core i5-11400
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz
4249
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core) results



Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
197
Intel Core i7-7820X Intel Core i7-7820X
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
197
Intel Core i9-9940X Intel Core i9-9940X
14C 28T @ 4.50 GHz
197
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
196
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
195
AMD Ryzen 5 4400GE AMD Ryzen 5 4400GE
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
195
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
195
Show all Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) results



Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 7 1800X AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
1617
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
1615
Intel Core i5-10600KF Intel Core i5-10600KF
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
1615
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
1607
Intel Core i5-11400F Intel Core i5-11400F
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1598
Intel Core i5-11400 Intel Core i5-11400
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1598
Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
12C 24T @ 2.50 GHz
1595
Show all Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) results



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