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General information Core i9-7940X Core i9-10900X
Launched Q3 2017 Q4 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Skylake-X Cascade Lake-X
Clock 3.1 GHz 16.2 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 8.5 % 4.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 14 0 % 10 28.6 %
Threads 28 0 % 20 28.6 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 165 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 50 % 256 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 1 MB
10 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 19.25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7940X Core i9-10900X
Overall Score 64166 0 % 61902 3.5 %
Future Proof 60 % 17.8 % 73 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 16952 0 % 14683 13.4 %
Single Thread Score 2478.5 8 % 2693.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 9673.5 MB/s 0 % 8073.5 MB/s 16.5 %
Compressing Data 420.9 MB/s 0 % 331 MB/s 21.4 %
String objects sorting 53513.1 thousand/s 0 % 42768.2 thousand/s 20.1 %
Prime numbers generation 91.4 millions/s 0 % 83.6 millions/s 8.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 95699.4 millions/s 0 % 77006.9 millions/s 19.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 60197.7 millions/s 0 % 48370.4 millions/s 19.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7940X, Core i9-10900X.

Average frames per second Core i9-7940X Core i9-10900X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.8 FPS 138.0 FPS
High settings 231.6 FPS 220.9 FPS
Medium settings 289.5 FPS 276.1 FPS
Low settings 361.9 FPS 345.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.6 %

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 i9-7940X Core i9-10900X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 163.4 FPS 159.4 FPS
High settings 261.5 FPS 255.0 FPS
Medium settings 326.8 FPS 318.7 FPS
Low settings 408.5 FPS 398.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.5 %
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