Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Core i5-1350P

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 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

5222 points

5624 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

7591 points

23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

5070 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

4948 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points

65% significantly higher Blender score

157.61 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

63% significantly higher clock speed

1.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.7 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

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

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

108% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

324th of 1,089

284th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7940X vs Core i5-1350P benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1350P beats the Core i9-7940X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7940X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7940X has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-1350P has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1350P. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7940X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1350P. Despite this, the Core i5-1350P has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-7940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.