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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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General information Core i9-9940X Ryzen 5 3600X
Launched Q4 2018 Q3 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA2066 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Matisse
Clock 3.3 GHz 13.2 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 2.2 %
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 % 7 nm 50 %
L1 Cache 14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 1 MB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
2 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9940X Ryzen 5 3600X
Overall Score 65422 0 % 58724 10.2 %
Future Proof 68 % 5.6 % 72 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 18319 0 % 11892 35.1 %
Single Thread Score 2639.9 0.6 % 2656.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 10636.6 MB/s 25.9 % 14349.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 458.1 MB/s 0 % 220.1 MB/s 52 %
String objects sorting 58864 thousand/s 0 % 24650 thousand/s 58.1 %
Prime numbers generation 97.2 millions/s 11 % 109.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 104378 millions/s 0 % 50207.2 millions/s 51.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65489.9 millions/s 0 % 29319.8 millions/s 55.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Ryzen 5 3600X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Ryzen 5 3600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.5 FPS 128.6 FPS
High settings 237.5 FPS 205.8 FPS
Medium settings 296.9 FPS 257.3 FPS
Low settings 371.2 FPS 321.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.4 %

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 Ryzen 5 3600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.6 FPS 153.8 FPS
High settings 265.0 FPS 246.1 FPS
Medium settings 331.3 FPS 307.6 FPS
Low settings 414.1 FPS 384.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.2 %
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