Intel Core i9-7940X vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 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
11380 points
117% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points
10581 points
71% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points
11723 points
137% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points
11982 points
144% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points
538.07 points
105% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
32
14% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
5.4 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W
55 W
200% 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
1280 KiB
42% many more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
64 MiB
156% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

324th of 1,089
61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 9000 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
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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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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