Intel Core i9-10900X vs Intel Core i9-7940X

Core i9-10900X vs Core i9-7940X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900X is faster than the Core i9-7940X. Despite this, the Core i9-7940X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7940X has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7940X. Also, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.