Intel Core i9-7900X vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 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

7006 points

8164 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

10592 points

38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

7427 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

7270 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

188.37 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

5.2 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

57% 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

33% slightly more supported memory

96 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

14 MiB

24 MiB

71% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

193rd of 1,089

141st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7900X vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-7900X is faster than the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i9-7900X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-7900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.