Intel Core i7-8086K vs Intel Core i9-7940X

Core i7-8086K vs Core i9-7940X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7940X performs better than the Core i7-8086K. Despite this, the Core i7-8086K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-8086K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8086K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7940X. Also, the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8086K 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 i7-8086K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.