Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 356H

Core i9-7940X vs Core Ultra 7 356H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 356H performs better than the Core i9-7940X. 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 Ultra 7 356H has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i9-7940X has 14 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-7940X has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 356H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7940X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 356H.

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.