Intel Core i9-7940X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

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

6306 points

20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

8479 points

37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

5619 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

5454 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points

59% significantly higher Blender score

163.82 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9274 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

2302 points

59% significantly 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

4.30 GHz

38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

5 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

54 W

205% 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

133% significantly more L1 cache

384 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

235th 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

2023 April

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 7640HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7640HS 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7640HS has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7940X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640HS 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.

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