Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Core i7-11600H

Core i9-7940X vs Core i7-11600H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7940X beats the Core i7-11600H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-11600H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11600H. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-11600H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11600H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11600H. Despite this, the Core i7-11600H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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