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Intel logo Core i9-7940X
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General information Core i9-7940X Core i7-950
Launched Q3 2017 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Bloomfield
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 23.3 %
Cores 14 0 % 4 71.4 %
Threads 28 0 % 8 71.4 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 130 W 21.2 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 14 × 1 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7940X Core i7-950
Overall Score 64034 0 % 37938 40.8 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 13 % 78.3 %
Benchmark Score 16812 0 % 2071 87.7 %
Single Thread Score 2470.1 0 % 1364.2 44.8 %
Encrypting Data 9643.4 MB/s 0 % 4715.3 MB/s 51.1 %
Compressing Data 419.7 MB/s 0 % 68.7 MB/s 83.6 %
String objects sorting 53788.7 thousand/s 0 % 9519.9 thousand/s 82.3 %
Prime numbers generation 92 millions/s 0 % 22.2 millions/s 75.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 95849.4 millions/s 0 % 17107.5 millions/s 82.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 59663.3 millions/s 0 % 7284 millions/s 87.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7940X, Core i7-950.

Average frames per second Core i9-7940X Core i7-950
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 144.9 FPS 67.4 FPS
High settings 231.8 FPS 107.8 FPS
Medium settings 289.8 FPS 134.8 FPS
Low settings 362.2 FPS 168.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 53.5 %

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 i9-7940X Core i7-950
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 163.3 FPS 117.2 FPS
High settings 261.3 FPS 187.5 FPS
Medium settings 326.6 FPS 234.4 FPS
Low settings 408.3 FPS 293.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.2 %
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