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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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General information Core i9-9940X Core i5-10500
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Comet Lake
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 6.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 14 0 % 6 57.1 %
Threads 28 0 % 12 57.1 %
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 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9940X Core i5-10500
Overall Score 65263 0 % 54033 17.2 %
Future Proof 68 % 10.5 % 76 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18141 0 % 8524 53 %
Single Thread Score 2621.5 7 % 2819 0 %
Encrypting Data 10594.1 MB/s 0 % 4959.1 MB/s 53.2 %
Compressing Data 457.2 MB/s 0 % 200.5 MB/s 56.1 %
String objects sorting 58746.3 thousand/s 0 % 25499.6 thousand/s 56.6 %
Prime numbers generation 96.2 millions/s 0 % 34.9 millions/s 63.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 103750 millions/s 0 % 44644.5 millions/s 57 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 64837.6 millions/s 0 % 28040.5 millions/s 56.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Core i5-10500.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Core i5-10500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.6 FPS 115.2 FPS
High settings 237.7 FPS 184.3 FPS
Medium settings 297.2 FPS 230.4 FPS
Low settings 371.5 FPS 288.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.5 %

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 i5-10500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.8 FPS 145.9 FPS
High settings 265.2 FPS 233.4 FPS
Medium settings 331.5 FPS 291.8 FPS
Low settings 414.4 FPS 364.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 12 %
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