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Intel logo Core i9-7940X
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General information Core i9-7940X Ryzen 5 2600X
Launched Q3 2017 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA2066 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Pinnacle Ridge
Clock 3.1 GHz 13.9 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 2.3 %
Cores 14 0 % 6 57.1 %
Threads 28 0 % 12 57.1 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 95 W 42.4 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 12 nm 14.3 %
L1 Cache 14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 14 × 1 MB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7940X Ryzen 5 2600X
Overall Score 64023 0 % 54769 14.5 %
Future Proof 60 % 7.7 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 16801 0 % 8998 46.4 %
Single Thread Score 2468.6 0 % 2361.2 4.4 %
Encrypting Data 9665.3 MB/s 26.9 % 13219.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 416.8 MB/s 0 % 192.5 MB/s 53.8 %
String objects sorting 54214.3 thousand/s 0 % 22820 thousand/s 57.9 %
Prime numbers generation 91.5 millions/s 0 % 38 millions/s 58.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 96020.4 millions/s 0 % 47808.1 millions/s 50.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 60330.3 millions/s 0 % 24308 millions/s 59.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7940X, Ryzen 5 2600X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7940X Ryzen 5 2600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 117.4 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 187.8 FPS
Medium settings 289.7 FPS 234.7 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 293.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 19 %

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 Ryzen 5 2600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 163.4 FPS 147.1 FPS
High settings 261.4 FPS 235.3 FPS
Medium settings 326.8 FPS 294.1 FPS
Low settings 408.4 FPS 367.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 10 %
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