Intel Core i9-9940X vs AMD Ryzen 7 170

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8137 points
4% slightly better overall score
7802 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7646 points
9529 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8299 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
7219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8373 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
7047 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
75% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

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

155th of 1,127
166th of 1,127

Family

The product line

Core X-series
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
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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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