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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-11700F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-7940X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-11700F is 1292 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-7940X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7940X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-11700F - 28 vs 16 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700F
- Performs up to 12% better in Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Core i9-7940X - 145 vs 130 FPS
- Up to 52% cheaper than Core i9-7940X - $201.95 vs $422.0
- Up to 57% better value when playing Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Core i9-7940X - $1.39 vs $3.25 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-7940X - 65 vs 165 Watts
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Intel Core i9-7940X X-Series Processor 14 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W
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Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
145
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.39/FPS
100%
Price, $
$201.95
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-11700F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Core i9-7940X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-7940X | vs | Intel Core i7-11700F |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2017 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Skylake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
14 | Cores | 8 |
28 | Threads | 16 |
3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 165 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
31.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-7940X or Core i7-11700F
Dying Light 2: Stay Human, 1920 x 1080, High Quality Raytracing
4 FPS
$339.75/FPS
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Core i7-11700F
64 GB, 2 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$40.62/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$26.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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12 FPS
$125/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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42 FPS
$36.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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42 FPS
$35.71/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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18 FPS
$86.06/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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4 FPS
$362.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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