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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9940X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X is 1439 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9940X.
Advantages of Core i9-9940X
- Consumes up to 3% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 165 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X
- Performs up to 21% better in Lost Ark than Core i9-9940X - 313 vs 259 FPS
- Up to 64% cheaper than Core i9-9940X - $500.00 vs $1388.88
- Up to 70% better value when playing Lost Ark than Core i9-9940X - $1.60 vs $5.36 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-9940X - 32 vs 28 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-9940X doesn't have integrated graphics
Lost Ark
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core i9-9940X X-Series Processor 14 Cores up to 4.4GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Processors (999AC9)
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Ryzen 9 7950X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
313
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.6/FPS
100%
Price, $
$500
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FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i9-9940X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Ryzen 9 7950X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-9940X | vs | Ryzen 9 7950X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Skylake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 14 | Cores | 16 |
| 28 | Threads | 32 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.7 GHz |
165 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 45.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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