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In short — Core i9-7940X outperforms Core i7-6900K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-7940X is 458 days newer than Core i7-6900K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i9-7940X - 140 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7940X
- Performs up to 2% better in Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Core i7-6900K - 130 vs 128 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6900K - 28 vs 16 threads
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Intel BX80671I76900K Boxed Core i7-6900K Processor, Gray
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i9-7940X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Single-Core
1252
91.38686131386862%
Multi-Core
7118
71.73233901037993%
Intel Core i7-6900K | vs | Intel Core i9-7940X |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 14 |
| 16 | Threads | 28 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
140 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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