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

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 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
0.75% slightly better overall score
5183 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points
6325 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
4852 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
4781 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points
73% significantly higher Blender score
150.48 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7672 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points
1776 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
75% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
2.70 GHz

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
28 W
489% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

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
327th 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
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-7940X vs Ryzen 7 7735U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7940X performs better than the Ryzen 7 7735U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7735U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 7735U has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7735U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 7735U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7735U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7735U 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.

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