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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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Intel logo Core i5-9500

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General information Core i9-9940X Core i5-9500
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Coffee Lake Refresh
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 2.2 %
Cores 14 0 % 6 57.1 %
Threads 28 0 % 6 78.6 %
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 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-9940X Core i5-9500
Overall Score 65263 0 % 50193 23.1 %
Future Proof 68 % 4.2 % 71 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18141 0 % 6347 65 %
Single Thread Score 2647.8 0 % 2571.3 2.9 %
Encrypting Data 10668.5 MB/s 0 % 3089.8 MB/s 71 %
Compressing Data 453.6 MB/s 0 % 132.8 MB/s 70.7 %
String objects sorting 58805.1 thousand/s 0 % 17111.5 thousand/s 70.9 %
Prime numbers generation 97.4 millions/s 0 % 34.8 millions/s 64.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 105424 millions/s 0 % 27593.3 millions/s 73.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65424.7 millions/s 0 % 23957.9 millions/s 63.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Core i5-9500.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Core i5-9500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.6 FPS 103.8 FPS
High settings 237.7 FPS 166.0 FPS
Medium settings 297.2 FPS 207.5 FPS
Low settings 371.5 FPS 259.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.2 %

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 i5-9500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.6 FPS 139.0 FPS
High settings 264.9 FPS 222.4 FPS
Medium settings 331.2 FPS 278.0 FPS
Low settings 414.0 FPS 347.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.1 %
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