Intel Core i9-9940X vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen AI 300 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

1% slightly better overall score

7993 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7646 points

10092 points

31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8299 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

7322 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8373 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

7146 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

256.89 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

204.54 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10437 points

11339 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1460 points

2485 points

70% significantly 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

64% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

5 GHz

13% 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

100% significantly more memory channels

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

154th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen AI 300 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

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 AI 7 350 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9940X is faster than the Ryzen AI 7 350. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 7 350 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen AI 7 350 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI 7 350. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9940X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen AI 7 350. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 7 350 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI 7 350 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.