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Core i9-9940X vs Core i9-9980XE

Core i9-9940X vs Core i9-9980XE: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-9940X outperforms Core i9-9980XE on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-9940X and Core i9-9980XE have been released at the same time.

Advantages of Core i9-9940X

  • Performs up to 1% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Core i9-9980XE - 108 vs 107 FPS

Advantages of Core i9-9980XE

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-9940X - 36 vs 28 threads
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This is a free version of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-9940X Logo
Core i9-9940X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

108

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-9980XE Logo
Core i9-9980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

107

99%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$15.38/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$1646

100%

Value Winner

Intel Core i9-9980XE 18 Cores 3GHz 24.75MB 8 GT/s 165W LGA 2066 CPU SREZ3

Buy for CA$1,646 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 333 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-9940X Logo
Core i9-9940X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

Intel Core i9-9980XE Logo
Core i9-9980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-9940X Logo
Core i9-9940X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1459

100%

Multi-Core

10734

96%

Intel Core i9-9980XE Logo
Core i9-9980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1420

97%

Multi-Core

11230

100%

Intel Core i9-9940X Logo

Core i9-9940X

vs
Intel Core i9-9980XE Logo

Core i9-9980XE

Oct 19th, 2018Oct 19th, 2018
Core i9Core i9 Extreme
SkylakeSkylake
Intel Socket 2066Intel Socket 2066
Desktop
Desktop
14
18
28
36
3.3 GHz
3.0 GHz
4.4 GHz4.4 GHz
165 W165 W
14 nm14 nm
33.0x
30.0x
NoneNone
YesYes

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