Intel Core i9-7940X vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs AMD 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i9-7940X

AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5222 points

5427 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

7307 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

4865 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

4745 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points

63% significantly higher Blender score

159.68 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.20 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

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

300th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-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

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7940X vs Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition 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 7 6800HS Creator Edition that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7940X.

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.