Core i9-11900K vs Ryzen 9 8940HX benchmarks
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8940HX is faster than the Core i9-11900K. Despite this, the Core i9-11900K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i9-11900K that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 9 8940HX outputs less heat than Core i9-11900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i9-11900K also has significantly more L3 cache.
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 i9-11900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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