Intel Core i9-9940X vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 8 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
8453 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7646 points
10343 points
35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8299 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
7801 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8373 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
7601 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

256.89 points
38% slightly higher Blender score
185.57 points

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
3.30 GHz
0.03% 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
28 W
489% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

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

149th of 1,099
130th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen PRO 8000 Series

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
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-9940X vs Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 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 significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Indeed, the Core i9-9940X has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9940X. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 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.

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