AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i9-7940X

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i9-7940X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800X is faster than the Core i9-7940X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7940X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 5800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7940X. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7940X CPU because of its 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 Ryzen 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.