Intel Core i7-9700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5644 points

10700 points

89% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8019 points

10758 points

34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4848 points

10731 points

121% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4655 points

10842 points

132% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.80 points

458.15 points

242% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.3 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

55 W

72% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

1024 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

282nd of 1,089

75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9700K vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8940HX is faster than the Core i7-9700K. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8940HX outputs less heat than Core i7-9700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700K. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.