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Intel logo Core i9-9940X
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General information Core i9-9940X Core i7-3930K
Launched Q4 2018 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 15.6 %
Cores 14 0 % 6 57.1 %
Threads 28 0 % 12 57.1 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 130 W 21.2 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 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 i7-3930K
Overall Score 65263 0 % 47997 26.5 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 27 % 60.3 %
Benchmark Score 18141 0 % 5307 70.7 %
Single Thread Score 2621.5 0 % 1766.8 32.6 %
Encrypting Data 10594.1 MB/s 0 % 2547.7 MB/s 76 %
Compressing Data 457.2 MB/s 0 % 135.2 MB/s 70.4 %
String objects sorting 58746.3 thousand/s 0 % 20498 thousand/s 65.1 %
Prime numbers generation 96.2 millions/s 0 % 38.1 millions/s 60.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 103750 millions/s 0 % 32206.1 millions/s 69 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 64837.6 millions/s 0 % 12015 millions/s 81.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9940X, Core i7-3930K.

Average frames per second Core i9-9940X Core i7-3930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.6 FPS 97.2 FPS
High settings 237.7 FPS 155.6 FPS
Medium settings 297.2 FPS 194.5 FPS
Low settings 371.5 FPS 243.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.6 %

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 i9-9940X Core i7-3930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.8 FPS 135.2 FPS
High settings 265.2 FPS 216.4 FPS
Medium settings 331.5 FPS 270.5 FPS
Low settings 414.4 FPS 338.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.4 %
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