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Intel logo Core i9-7940X
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General information Core i9-7940X Core i5-4590S
Launched Q3 2017 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 3.2 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 14 %
Cores 14 0 % 4 71.4 %
Threads 28 0 % 4 85.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7940X Core i5-4590S
Overall Score 64035 0 % 42684 33.3 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 42 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 16814 0 % 3319 80.3 %
Single Thread Score 2508.4 0 % 2046 18.4 %
Encrypting Data 9647.3 MB/s 0 % 1266.5 MB/s 86.9 %
Compressing Data 420.7 MB/s 0 % 71.6 MB/s 83 %
String objects sorting 53728.2 thousand/s 0 % 9779.2 thousand/s 81.8 %
Prime numbers generation 92.6 millions/s 0 % 31.2 millions/s 66.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 95467.7 millions/s 0 % 15199.7 millions/s 84.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 60100.2 millions/s 0 % 11420.9 millions/s 81 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7940X, Core i5-4590S.

Average frames per second Core i9-7940X Core i5-4590S
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 81.5 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 130.4 FPS
Medium settings 289.8 FPS 163.0 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 203.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.7 %

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 i5-4590S
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 163.4 FPS 125.6 FPS
High settings 261.4 FPS 201.0 FPS
Medium settings 326.8 FPS 251.2 FPS
Low settings 408.5 FPS 314.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.1 %
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