Intel Core i9-7980XE vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel Core X-series 18 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 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

10174 points

10700 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8591 points

10758 points

25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10736 points

0.05% slightly better multitasking score

10731 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10962 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

10842 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

376.16 points

458.15 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

2.9 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5.3 GHz

26% 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

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1152 KiB

12% slightly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

75 MiB

837% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

84th of 1,089

75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7980XE vs Ryzen 9 8940HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7980XE performs better than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7980XE has slightly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7980XE. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8940HX outputs less heat than Core i9-7980XE 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 i9-7980XE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.