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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i9-7940X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i9-7940X @ 3.10GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA2066
Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.3 GHz
Cores: 14 Threads: 28
Typical TDP: 165 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 14 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 14 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 14 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 19 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-7940X CPU @ 3.10GHz, Intel Core i9-7940X CPU @ 3.10GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2017
CPUmark/$Price: 85.37
Overall Rank:
557th fastest in multithreading out of 5274 CPUs
1048th fastest in single threading out of 5274 CPUs
177th fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $300.00 USD (2025-05-24)
Integer Math | 95,940 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 59,754 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 90 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 52,962 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 9,334 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 423,259 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,312 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 33,871 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,488 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,615 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,008 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,428 | |
Intel Core i9-7940X @ 3.10GHz | 25,611 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,146 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,860 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,495 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,154 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,701 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,656 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,149 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 229.62 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 178.87 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 152.98 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 137.51 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 135.06 | |
Intel Core i9-7940X @ 3.10GHz | 85.37 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.18 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 45.50 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,609 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,014 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,899 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,478 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,920 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i9-7940X @ 3.10GHz | 2,488 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2744791 - Jul 06 2025 [Excluded] | 13772 | |
BL2723823 - Jun 26 2025 | 21505 | |
BL2716954 - Jun 24 2025 | 16708 | |
BL2706955 - Jun 19 2025 | 28988 | |
BL2702711 - Jun 17 2025 [Overclocked] | 28169 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-7940X @ 3.10GHz | 25,611 | |
Intel Core i9-7900X @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 21,036 (-17.9%) | |
Intel Core i9-7920X @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 23,463 (-8.4%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 23,049 (-10.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 31,697 (+23.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 26,321 (+2.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 27,595 (+7.7%) | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 23,097 (-9.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 22,820 (-10.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 32,547 (+27.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 31,346 (+22.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-12700F vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 30,459 (+18.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i9-7940X | 30,215 (+18.0%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,410 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,145 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,283 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,836 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,564 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,474 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,798 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,790 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,618 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,528 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,474 | |
Intel Core i9-7940X @ 3.10GHz | 1,919 |