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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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General information Core i9-9940X Core i7-9700K
Launched Q4 2018 Q4 2018
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 Refresh
Clock 3.3 GHz 8.3 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 8.2 % 4.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 14 0 % 8 42.9 %
Threads 28 0 % 8 71.4 %
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 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
8 × 1.5 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-9940X Core i7-9700K
Overall Score 65268 0 % 55315 15.2 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 68 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18147 0 % 9362 48.4 %
Single Thread Score 2655.7 7 % 2855 0 %
Encrypting Data 10689.8 MB/s 0 % 4583.8 MB/s 57.1 %
Compressing Data 458.6 MB/s 0 % 203.1 MB/s 55.7 %
String objects sorting 58275.4 thousand/s 0 % 25928.2 thousand/s 55.5 %
Prime numbers generation 96 millions/s 0 % 51.9 millions/s 46 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 104692 millions/s 0 % 41777 millions/s 60.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 64707.2 millions/s 0 % 35656.2 millions/s 44.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Core i7-9700K.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Core i7-9700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.5 FPS 118.9 FPS
High settings 237.6 FPS 190.3 FPS
Medium settings 297.1 FPS 237.9 FPS
Low settings 371.3 FPS 297.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.9 %

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 i7-9700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.5 FPS 147.9 FPS
High settings 264.8 FPS 236.6 FPS
Medium settings 330.9 FPS 295.8 FPS
Low settings 413.7 FPS 369.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.6 %
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