Intel Core i7-10700T vs Intel Core i9-7940X

Core i7-10700T vs Core i9-7940X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700T is faster than the Core i9-7940X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7940X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10700T. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700T. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700T. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7940X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10700T. Despite this, the Core i7-10700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7940X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-10700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.