Intel Core i9-9940X vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs AMD 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

27% slightly better overall score

6371 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7646 points

7734 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8299 points

39% slightly better multitasking score

5949 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8373 points

43% significantly better heavy workload score

5841 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

256.89 points

44% significantly higher Blender score

177.47 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9956 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8534 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1379 points

1861 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10437 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8733 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1460 points

1846 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

75% significantly more threads

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

4.9 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

35 W

371% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

896 KiB

75% significantly more L1 cache

512 KiB

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

153rd of 1,118

240th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-9940X vs Ryzen 9 6900HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9940X beats the Ryzen 9 6900HS in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HS that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9940X. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HS 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-9940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.