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General information Core i9-7940X Core i5-661
Launched Q3 2017 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Clarkdale
Clock 3.1 GHz 6.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 16.3 %
Cores 14 0 % 2 85.7 %
Threads 28 0 % 4 85.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 87 W 47.3 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 1 MB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7940X Core i5-661
Overall Score 64035 0 % 35534 44.5 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 17 % 71.7 %
Benchmark Score 16814 0 % 1594 90.5 %
Single Thread Score 2473.6 0 % 1428.6 42.2 %
Encrypting Data 9743.9 MB/s 0 % 3607.3 MB/s 63 %
Compressing Data 416.5 MB/s 0 % 38.1 MB/s 90.8 %
String objects sorting 53997.1 thousand/s 0 % 5300.4 thousand/s 90.2 %
Prime numbers generation 92.2 millions/s 0 % 10.9 millions/s 88.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 95660.5 millions/s 0 % 9529.4 millions/s 90 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 60582.4 millions/s 0 % 4004 millions/s 93.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7940X, Core i5-661.

Average frames per second Core i9-7940X Core i5-661
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 96.4 FPS
Medium settings 289.8 FPS 120.5 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 150.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 58.4 %

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 i9-7940X Core i5-661
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 163.3 FPS 113.1 FPS
High settings 261.2 FPS 181.0 FPS
Medium settings 326.5 FPS 226.2 FPS
Low settings 408.2 FPS 282.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.7 %
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