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Intel Core i9 9880H vs i7 11800H

35 out of 100
Intel Core i9 9880H
VS
44 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11800H
Intel Core i9 9880H
Intel Core i7 11800H

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i9 9880H against the 2.3 GHz i7 11800H. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 11800H and 9880H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 9880H
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11800H
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 2 years and 1 month later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) integrated graphics: 0.7 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 31% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1962 vs 1494 points
  • Around 9.4 GB/s (22%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 9880H
vs
Core i7 11800H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 392
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1974
Cinebench Scores (#70th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i9 9880H
1494
Core i7 11800H +31%
1962
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 9880H
6668
Core i7 11800H +35%
8986
File compression 441.7 MB/sec 765.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 55.2 Klines/sec 64.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 153.3 pages/sec 189.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 224 Mpixels/sec 281.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 150.6 pages/sec 186.6 pages/sec
Background blur 30.7 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Photo processing 50.9 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.6 Mpixels/sec 15.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1004 & 699 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 9880H
2449
Core i7 11800H +23%
3007
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 9880H
13465
Core i7 11800H +46%
19594
Integer math 51.8 GOps/sec 70.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 30.1 GOps/sec 41.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 37M Primes/sec 83M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.7M Strings/sec 28M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.2 GBytes/sec 12 GBytes/sec
Data compression 200.7 MBytes/sec 233.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 760 Frames/sec 919 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec 15.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2679 & 12773 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 9880H
130.69
Core i7 11800H +19%
154.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.7 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 148.2 PPW 199.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 299.2 PPW 435.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.9 PPW 3.44 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 9880H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-18 (postfuture)Geekbench 6 CPU1533 / 6756
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Intel Core i7 11800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 202487 / 667
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (peppew517)Geekbench 6 CPU2193 / 10451
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (MSI)Cinebench 2026392 / 1974
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (SMS)Geekbench 6 CPU2006 / 9389
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-08 (MidnightMixer)Geekbench 6 CPU1031 / 5398
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 9880H and i7 11800H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released April 23, 2019 May 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i9-9880H i7-11800H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 366H
Intel CPU rating (#195th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 1.9-2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 19-23x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1440 BGA-1787
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 192 256
TMUs 24 16
ROPs 3 8
Execution Units 24 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 9880H
0.5 TFLOPS
Core i7 11800H +40%
0.7 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Graphics 630

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 9880H official page Intel Core i7 11800H official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

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