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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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General information Core i9-9940X Core i7-6950X
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Skylake-X Broadwell-E
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 11.1 %
Cores 14 0 % 10 28.6 %
Threads 28 0 % 20 28.6 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 140 W 15.2 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 1 MB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9940X Core i7-6950X
Overall Score 65263 0 % 57931 11.2 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 53 % 22.1 %
Benchmark Score 18141 0 % 11262 37.9 %
Single Thread Score 2655.7 0 % 2316.6 12.8 %
Encrypting Data 10636.6 MB/s 0 % 5055.1 MB/s 52.5 %
Compressing Data 460.4 MB/s 0 % 273.8 MB/s 40.5 %
String objects sorting 59040.6 thousand/s 0 % 35591.4 thousand/s 39.7 %
Prime numbers generation 97.9 millions/s 0 % 79.6 millions/s 18.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 104064 millions/s 0 % 63589.6 millions/s 38.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65424.7 millions/s 0 % 40925.6 millions/s 37.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Core i7-6950X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.6 FPS 126.8 FPS
High settings 237.7 FPS 202.9 FPS
Medium settings 297.2 FPS 253.6 FPS
Low settings 371.5 FPS 317.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.7 %

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 i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.5 FPS 152.6 FPS
High settings 264.7 FPS 244.1 FPS
Medium settings 330.9 FPS 305.1 FPS
Low settings 413.7 FPS 381.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.8 %
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