Intel Core i9-7940X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

6729 points

28% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

8309 points

34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

6222 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

6086 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points

49% significantly higher Blender score

174.92 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8807 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

1907 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.75 GHz

10% 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

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

208th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7

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 7 7735HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7940X performs better than the Ryzen 7 7735HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7735HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7735HS. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7735HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7735HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7735HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7940X.

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.