Intel Core i9-10900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Core i9-10900K vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8940HX beats the Core i9-10900K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has significantly more cores than the Core i9-10900K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8940HX outputs less heat than Core i9-10900K 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 i9-10900K. Despite this, the Core i9-10900K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX.

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 i9-10900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.