Intel Core i9-9940X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6126

Core i9-9940X vs Xeon Gold 6126 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6126 is faster than the Core i9-9940X. Despite this, the Core i9-9940X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9940X has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Xeon Gold 6126 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6126. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9940X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon Gold 6126. Also, the Core i9-9940X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon Gold 6126 outputs less heat than Core i9-9940X thanks to a slightly 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.