General information | Core i9-7940X | Core i5-6600 |
---|---|---|
Launched | Q3 2017 | Q3 2015 |
Used in | Desktop | Desktop |
Factory | Intel | Intel |
Socket | FCLGA2066 | LGA1151 |
Series Name | Intel Core i9 | Intel Core i5 |
Core Family Name | Skylake-X | Skylake-S |
Clock | 3.1 GHz 6.1 % | 3.3 GHz 0 % |
Turbo Clock | 4.3 GHz 0 % | 3.9 GHz 9.3 % |
Cores | 14 0 % | 4 71.4 % |
Threads | 28 0 % | 4 85.7 % |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 165 W 0 % | 65 W 60.6 % |
Maximum supported RAM | 128 GB 0 % | 64 GB 50 % |
Lithography | 14 nm 0 % | 14 nm 0 % |
L1 Cache |
14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data |
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data |
L2 Cache |
14 × 1 MB
|
4 × 256 kB
|
L3 Cache |
1 × 19.25 MB
|
1 × 6 MB
|
ECC Supported | No | No |
Multithreading Supported | Yes | No |
Performance | Core i9-7940X | Core i5-6600 |
Overall Score | 64035 0 % | 44474 30.5 % |
Future Proof | 60 % 0 % | 49 % 18.3 % |
Benchmark Score | 16814 0 % | 3912 76.7 % |
Single Thread Score | 2501 0 % | 2250 10 % |
Encrypting Data | 9743.9 MB/s 0 % | 1800.8 MB/s 81.5 % |
Compressing Data | 421.9 MB/s 0 % | 80.6 MB/s 80.9 % |
String objects sorting | 54158.5 thousand/s 0 % | 10165.5 thousand/s 81.2 % |
Prime numbers generation | 92.5 millions/s 0 % | 28.9 millions/s 68.7 % |
Mathemathic operations (integer) | 96817.7 millions/s 0 % | 15781.7 millions/s 83.7 % |
Mathemathic operations (float) | 60100.2 millions/s 0 % | 13473 millions/s 77.6 % |
Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7940X, Core i5-6600.
Average frames per second | Core i9-7940X | Core i5-6600 |
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Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels Change | ||
Ultra settings | 144.9 FPS | 86.8 FPS |
High settings | 231.8 FPS | 138.9 FPS |
Medium settings | 289.8 FPS | 173.6 FPS |
Low settings | 362.2 FPS | 217.0 FPS |
Difference | 0 % | 40.1 % |
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 i5-6600 |
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Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels Change | ||
Ultra settings | 163.3 FPS | 128.9 FPS |
High settings | 261.4 FPS | 206.2 FPS |
Medium settings | 326.7 FPS | 257.8 FPS |
Low settings | 408.4 FPS | 322.2 FPS |
Difference | 0 % | 21.1 % |