Intel Core i9-9940X vs Intel Core 7 240H

Core i9-9940X vs Core 7 240H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core 7 240H beats the Core i9-9940X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9940X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9940X has slightly more cores than the Core 7 240H. Indeed, the Core i9-9940X has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core 7 240H. It also has more threads than the Core 7 240H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9940X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-9940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.