Intel Core i9-9940X vs Intel Core i9-12900KS

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8137 points
14046 points
72% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7646 points
14925 points
95% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8299 points
13755 points
65% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8373 points
13690 points
63% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

256.89 points
372.23 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9956 points
16406 points
64% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1379 points
2655 points
92% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10437 points
16013 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1460 points
2713 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
16% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.4 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.5 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W
150 W
10% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

44
120% significantly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

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
30 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

153rd of 1,125
28th of 1,125

Family

The product line

Core X-series
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

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