Intel Core i9-7940X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7535U

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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

5343 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

7732 points

25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

4604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

4446 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points

136% significantly higher Blender score

110.60 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6546 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

1753 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

2.90 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.55 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

28 W

489% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

896 KiB

75% significantly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

56% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

324th of 1,089

307th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7940X vs Ryzen 5 7535U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7535U is faster than the Core i9-7940X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7940X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7535U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7535U. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7535U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7535U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7535U outputs less heat than Core i9-7940X thanks to a 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 i9-7940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.