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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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General information Core i9-9940X Core i9-7920X
Launched Q4 2018 Q3 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Skylake-X Skylake-X
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 12.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 2.2 %
Cores 14 0 % 12 14.3 %
Threads 28 0 % 24 14.3 %
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
12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 1 MB
12 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 16.5 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9940X Core i9-7920X
Overall Score 65264 0 % 62511 4.2 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 60 % 11.8 %
Benchmark Score 18143 0 % 15270 15.8 %
Single Thread Score 2608.3 0 % 2518.5 3.4 %
Encrypting Data 10636.6 MB/s 0 % 8785.3 MB/s 17.4 %
Compressing Data 454.9 MB/s 0 % 368.1 MB/s 19.1 %
String objects sorting 59099.5 thousand/s 0 % 47403.8 thousand/s 19.8 %
Prime numbers generation 96.2 millions/s 0 % 83.4 millions/s 13.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 103541 millions/s 0 % 83510.6 millions/s 19.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65229 millions/s 0 % 52189.3 millions/s 20 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Core i9-7920X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Core i9-7920X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.5 FPS 140.4 FPS
High settings 237.7 FPS 224.6 FPS
Medium settings 297.1 FPS 280.8 FPS
Low settings 371.4 FPS 351.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.5 %

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 i9-7920X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.5 FPS 160.7 FPS
High settings 264.7 FPS 257.0 FPS
Medium settings 330.9 FPS 321.3 FPS
Low settings 413.7 FPS 401.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.9 %
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