Intel Core i9-7940X vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series 6 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
5440 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points
7698 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
4785 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
4637 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points
71% significantly higher Blender score
152.57 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9225 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points
2369 points
64% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
133% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
55% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.8 GHz
11% 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

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
299th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen AI 300 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
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-7940X vs Ryzen AI 5 340 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7940X beats the Ryzen AI 5 340 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 5 340 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 AI 5 340 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI 5 340. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 5 340. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI 5 340 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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