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Intel logo Core i9-7940X
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Intel logo Core i7-5930K

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General information Core i9-7940X Core i7-5930K
Launched Q3 2017 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Haswell-E
Clock 3.1 GHz 11.4 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 14 %
Cores 14 0 % 6 57.1 %
Threads 28 0 % 12 57.1 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 140 W 15.2 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7940X Core i7-5930K
Overall Score 64023 0 % 50826 20.6 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 43 % 28.3 %
Benchmark Score 16801 0 % 6673 60.3 %
Single Thread Score 2501 0 % 2062.3 17.5 %
Encrypting Data 9713.5 MB/s 0 % 2900.6 MB/s 70.1 %
Compressing Data 419.8 MB/s 0 % 152.4 MB/s 63.7 %
String objects sorting 54160.5 thousand/s 0 % 21850.8 thousand/s 59.7 %
Prime numbers generation 90.4 millions/s 0 % 48 millions/s 46.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 97177.2 millions/s 0 % 37878.9 millions/s 61 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 60631.6 millions/s 0 % 18859.4 millions/s 68.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7940X, Core i7-5930K.

Average frames per second Core i9-7940X Core i7-5930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 105.7 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 169.1 FPS
Medium settings 289.7 FPS 211.3 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 264.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.1 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i9-7940X Core i7-5930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 163.3 FPS 140.1 FPS
High settings 261.3 FPS 224.2 FPS
Medium settings 326.6 FPS 280.2 FPS
Low settings 408.3 FPS 350.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.2 %
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