AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Intel Core i9 9940X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with 8 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i9 9940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9940X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +22%

1509

Intel Core i9 9940X

1228

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

14114

Intel Core i9 9940X +8%

15351

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +17%

1561

Intel Core i9 9940X

1328

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

8390

Intel Core i9 9940X +16%

9787

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +36%

1625

Intel Core i9 9940X

1189

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

9452

Intel Core i9 9940X +52%

14374

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +28%

3363

Intel Core i9 9940X

2608

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

26541

Intel Core i9 9940X +6%

28355

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

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Intel Core i9 9940X

General Parameters

Apr 2022

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3

Core Architecture

Skylake

Vermeer

Processor Number

i9-9940X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

88 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

14

16

Performance Core Threads

28

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

14

16

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

33x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

4 M

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9940X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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