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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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General information Core i9-9940X Core i7-7700
Launched Q4 2018 Q4 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3.3 GHz 8.3 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 6.7 %
Cores 14 0 % 4 71.4 %
Threads 28 0 % 8 71.4 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9940X Core i7-7700
Overall Score 65263 0 % 48639 25.5 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 56 % 17.6 %
Benchmark Score 18141 0 % 5597 69.1 %
Single Thread Score 2647.8 0 % 2464.4 6.9 %
Encrypting Data 10668.5 MB/s 0 % 2980 MB/s 72.1 %
Compressing Data 453.6 MB/s 0 % 119.3 MB/s 73.7 %
String objects sorting 58805.1 thousand/s 0 % 15742.4 thousand/s 73.2 %
Prime numbers generation 97.4 millions/s 0 % 28.1 millions/s 71.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 105424 millions/s 0 % 27568 millions/s 73.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65424.7 millions/s 0 % 17037 millions/s 74 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Core i7-7700.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Core i7-7700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.6 FPS 99.2 FPS
High settings 237.7 FPS 158.7 FPS
Medium settings 297.2 FPS 198.3 FPS
Low settings 371.5 FPS 247.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.3 %

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 i7-7700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.6 FPS 136.3 FPS
High settings 264.9 FPS 218.1 FPS
Medium settings 331.2 FPS 272.6 FPS
Low settings 414.0 FPS 340.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.7 %
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