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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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General information Core i9-9940X Core i7-8700K
Launched Q4 2018 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Coffee Lake
Clock 3.3 GHz 10.8 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 4.3 % 4.7 GHz 0 %
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 % 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 i9-9940X Core i7-8700K
Overall Score 65422 0 % 54642 16.5 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 62 % 8.8 %
Benchmark Score 18319 0 % 8915 51.3 %
Single Thread Score 2639.9 2.9 % 2719.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 10636.6 MB/s 0 % 4793.9 MB/s 54.9 %
Compressing Data 458.1 MB/s 0 % 196.4 MB/s 57.1 %
String objects sorting 58864 thousand/s 0 % 25700.9 thousand/s 56.3 %
Prime numbers generation 97.2 millions/s 0 % 39 millions/s 59.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 104378 millions/s 0 % 45531.5 millions/s 56.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65489.9 millions/s 0 % 28602.4 millions/s 56.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Core i7-8700K.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Core i7-8700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.5 FPS 116.5 FPS
High settings 237.5 FPS 186.4 FPS
Medium settings 296.9 FPS 233.1 FPS
Low settings 371.2 FPS 291.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.5 %

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 i7-8700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.6 FPS 146.6 FPS
High settings 265.0 FPS 234.5 FPS
Medium settings 331.3 FPS 293.2 FPS
Low settings 414.1 FPS 366.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.5 %
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