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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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General information Core i9-9940X Core i5-6600
Launched Q4 2018 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 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 13.3 %
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 i9-9940X Core i5-6600
Overall Score 65263 0 % 44470 31.9 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 49 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 18141 0 % 3911 78.4 %
Single Thread Score 2610.9 0 % 2236.4 14.3 %
Encrypting Data 10700.4 MB/s 0 % 1795.4 MB/s 83.2 %
Compressing Data 454.9 MB/s 0 % 81.9 MB/s 82 %
String objects sorting 58981.7 thousand/s 0 % 10115.9 thousand/s 82.8 %
Prime numbers generation 96.2 millions/s 0 % 29.2 millions/s 69.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 104482 millions/s 0 % 15907.6 millions/s 84.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65555.1 millions/s 0 % 13458.6 millions/s 79.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Core i5-6600.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.6 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 237.7 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 297.2 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 371.5 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.6 %

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 i9-9940X Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.5 FPS 128.9 FPS
High settings 264.7 FPS 206.2 FPS
Medium settings 330.9 FPS 257.8 FPS
Low settings 413.7 FPS 322.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.1 %
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