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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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General information Core i9-9940X Core i9-9900
Launched Q4 2018 Q3 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Skylake-X Coffee Lake Refresh
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 6.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 10 % 5 GHz 0 %
Cores 14 0 % 8 42.9 %
Threads 28 0 % 16 42.9 %
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
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 1 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9940X Core i9-9900
Overall Score 65264 0 % 57200 12.4 %
Future Proof 68 % 5.6 % 72 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18143 0 % 10705 41 %
Single Thread Score 2639.9 7.7 % 2859.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 10668.5 MB/s 0 % 5937 MB/s 44.4 %
Compressing Data 457.2 MB/s 0 % 235.2 MB/s 48.6 %
String objects sorting 59217.2 thousand/s 0 % 31964.2 thousand/s 46 %
Prime numbers generation 97.7 millions/s 0 % 44.3 millions/s 54.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 104482 millions/s 0 % 61657.8 millions/s 41 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65359.5 millions/s 0 % 38456.5 millions/s 41.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Core i9-9900.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Core i9-9900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.5 FPS 124.3 FPS
High settings 237.7 FPS 198.9 FPS
Medium settings 297.1 FPS 248.6 FPS
Low settings 371.4 FPS 310.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.3 %

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 i9-9900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.5 FPS 151.1 FPS
High settings 264.7 FPS 241.8 FPS
Medium settings 330.9 FPS 302.2 FPS
Low settings 413.7 FPS 377.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.7 %
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