Intel Core i9-10920X vs Intel Core i9-9940X

Core i9-10920X vs Core i9-9940X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10920X performs better than the Core i9-9940X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9940X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9940X has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i9-10920X has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10920X. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10920X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9940X. Also, the Core i9-10920X 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.

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 i9-10920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.