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Intel logo Core i9-7940X
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General information Core i9-7940X Core i5-10500
Launched Q3 2017 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Comet Lake
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 4.4 % 4.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 14 0 % 6 57.1 %
Threads 28 0 % 12 57.1 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
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 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7940X Core i5-10500
Overall Score 64023 0 % 54033 15.6 %
Future Proof 60 % 21.1 % 76 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 16801 0 % 8524 49.3 %
Single Thread Score 2503.5 11.2 % 2819 0 %
Encrypting Data 9578.5 MB/s 0 % 4959.1 MB/s 48.2 %
Compressing Data 420.6 MB/s 0 % 200.5 MB/s 52.3 %
String objects sorting 54106.7 thousand/s 0 % 25499.6 thousand/s 52.9 %
Prime numbers generation 91.5 millions/s 0 % 34.9 millions/s 61.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 95441.9 millions/s 0 % 44644.5 millions/s 53.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 59667.3 millions/s 0 % 28040.5 millions/s 53 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7940X, Core i5-10500.

Average frames per second Core i9-7940X Core i5-10500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 115.2 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 184.3 FPS
Medium settings 289.7 FPS 230.4 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 288.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.5 %

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 i9-7940X Core i5-10500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 163.5 FPS 145.9 FPS
High settings 261.7 FPS 233.4 FPS
Medium settings 327.1 FPS 291.8 FPS
Low settings 408.9 FPS 364.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.8 %
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