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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