Intel Core i9-11950H vs Intel Core i9-9940X

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6449 points

8137 points

26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8487 points

10% slightly better gaming score

7646 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5818 points

8299 points

42% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5677 points

8373 points

47% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

153.40 points

256.89 points

67% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.3 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

266% significantly lower TDP

165 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

120% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

896 KiB

16% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

25 MiB

4% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

230th of 1,099

148th of 1,099

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-11950H vs Core i9-9940X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9940X is faster than the Core i9-11950H. Despite this, the Core i9-11950H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i9-11950H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11950H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9940X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11950H. Despite this, the Core i9-11950H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11950H 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-11950H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.