Intel Core i9-7940X vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5222 points

6371 points

22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

7734 points

25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

5949 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

5841 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points

47% significantly higher Blender score

177.47 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9233 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8534 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1299 points

1861 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8733 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

1846 points

27% 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

3.30 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.9 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

35 W

371% significantly lower TDP

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

229th 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 9 6900HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 6900HS performs better than the Core i9-7940X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7940X 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 9 6900HS. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 6900HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7940X. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HS 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.