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Intel logo Core i9-7940X
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Intel logo Core i7-7800X

Intel Core i9-7940X logo Intel Core i7-7800X logo
General information Core i9-7940X Core i7-7800X
Launched Q3 2017 Q2 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-X
Clock 3.1 GHz 11.4 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 7 %
Cores 14 0 % 6 57.1 %
Threads 28 0 % 12 57.1 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 140 W 15.2 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
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 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 8.25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7940X Core i7-7800X
Overall Score 63774 0 % 53512 16.1 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 59 % 1.7 %
Benchmark Score 16542 0 % 8200 50.4 %
Single Thread Score 2496 0 % 2378.6 4.7 %
Encrypting Data 9559.2 MB/s 0 % 4394.9 MB/s 54 %
Compressing Data 416 MB/s 0 % 180.6 MB/s 56.6 %
String objects sorting 53461.3 thousand/s 0 % 23489.2 thousand/s 56.1 %
Prime numbers generation 90.7 millions/s 0 % 45 millions/s 50.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 95827.6 millions/s 0 % 41431.6 millions/s 56.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 60330.3 millions/s 0 % 25930.8 millions/s 57 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7940X, Core i7-7800X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7940X Core i7-7800X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.8 FPS 114.2 FPS
High settings 231.7 FPS 182.7 FPS
Medium settings 289.6 FPS 228.4 FPS
Low settings 362.0 FPS 285.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.1 %

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 i9-7940X Core i7-7800X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 164.5 FPS 145.9 FPS
High settings 263.2 FPS 233.4 FPS
Medium settings 329.0 FPS 291.7 FPS
Low settings 411.2 FPS 364.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.3 %
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