Intel Core i9-9940X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

8137 points

1% slightly better overall score

8046 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7646 points

10893 points

42% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8299 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

7125 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8373 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

6898 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

256.89 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

199.23 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9956 points

11709 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1379 points

2649 points

92% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10437 points

12203 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1460 points

2751 points

88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.80 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

5.1 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

65 W

153% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

896 KiB

133% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

32 MiB

28% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

149th of 1,099

152nd of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2023 January

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 i9-9940X vs Ryzen 5 7600 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9940X is faster than the Ryzen 5 7600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9940X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600. Indeed, the Core i9-9940X has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9940X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600 outputs less heat than Core i9-9940X 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 i9-9940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.