Intel Core i9-11900H vs Intel Core i9-9940X

Core i9-11900H vs Core i9-9940X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9940X is faster than the Core i9-11900H. Despite this, the Core i9-11900H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9940X has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11900H. Indeed, the Core i9-9940X has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900H. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9940X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900H. Despite this, the Core i9-11900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11900H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9940X 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 i9-11900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.