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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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General information Core i9-9940X Core i7-6850K
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Broadwell-E
Clock 3.3 GHz 8.3 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 11.1 %
Cores 14 0 % 6 57.1 %
Threads 28 0 % 12 57.1 %
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
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 i9-9940X Core i7-6850K
Overall Score 65422 0 % 52301 20.1 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 53 % 22.1 %
Benchmark Score 18319 0 % 7482 59.2 %
Single Thread Score 2639.9 0 % 2395.8 9.2 %
Encrypting Data 10636.6 MB/s 0 % 3137.6 MB/s 70.5 %
Compressing Data 458.1 MB/s 0 % 168.9 MB/s 63.1 %
String objects sorting 58864 thousand/s 0 % 22288.9 thousand/s 62.1 %
Prime numbers generation 97.2 millions/s 0 % 49.6 millions/s 49 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 104378 millions/s 0 % 39536.2 millions/s 62.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65489.9 millions/s 0 % 25940 millions/s 60.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Core i7-6850K.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Core i7-6850K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.5 FPS 109.6 FPS
High settings 237.5 FPS 175.3 FPS
Medium settings 296.9 FPS 219.1 FPS
Low settings 371.2 FPS 273.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.2 %

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 i7-6850K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.6 FPS 142.5 FPS
High settings 265.0 FPS 227.9 FPS
Medium settings 331.3 FPS 284.9 FPS
Low settings 414.1 FPS 356.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 14 %
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