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Intel logo Core i9-7940X
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Intel logo Core i7-11700

Intel Core i9-7940X logo Intel Core i7-11700 logo
General information Core i9-7940X Core i7-11700
Launched Q3 2017 Q1 2021
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Rocket Lake-S
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 19.4 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 2.3 % 4.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 14 0 % 8 42.9 %
Threads 28 0 % 16 42.9 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 95 W 42.4 %
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
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 1 MB
8 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7940X Core i7-11700
Overall Score 64024 0 % 59807 6.6 %
Future Proof 60 % 25.9 % 81 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 16803 0 % 12794 23.9 %
Single Thread Score 2476.1 21.3 % 3148.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 9655.7 MB/s 20.7 % 12180.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 413.9 MB/s 0 % 241.1 MB/s 41.8 %
String objects sorting 54268.1 thousand/s 0 % 28222.6 thousand/s 48 %
Prime numbers generation 90.7 millions/s 0 % 54.3 millions/s 40.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 97273.6 millions/s 0 % 76677.1 millions/s 21.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 60149.5 millions/s 0 % 44561 millions/s 25.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7940X, Core i7-11700.

Average frames per second Core i9-7940X Core i7-11700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 132.3 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 211.8 FPS
Medium settings 289.7 FPS 264.7 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 330.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.6 %

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 i7-11700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 163.3 FPS 155.8 FPS
High settings 261.3 FPS 249.4 FPS
Medium settings 326.6 FPS 311.7 FPS
Low settings 408.3 FPS 389.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.6 %
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