Core i9-7940X vs Ryzen 9 9955HX specs and performance
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9955HX is faster than the Core i9-7940X. Despite this, the Core i9-7940X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has slightly more cores than the Core i9-7940X. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i9-7940X. It also has more threads than the Core i9-7940X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9955HX 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.
The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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