AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i9 10940X

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AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Intel Core i9 10940X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X with 8 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i9 10940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10940X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (93.8GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

971

Intel Core i9 10940X +27%

1234

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

8737

Intel Core i9 10940X +143%

21309

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

949

Intel Core i9 10940X +55%

1471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

4457

Intel Core i9 10940X +153%

11287

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

937

Intel Core i9 10940X +22%

1144

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

6302

Intel Core i9 10940X +115%

13573

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

2084

Intel Core i9 10940X +28%

2686

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

15538

Intel Core i9 10940X +79%

27907

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

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Intel Core i9 10940X

General Parameters

Mar 2017

Release Date

Oct 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10940X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

86 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

14

16

Performance Core Threads

28

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

14

16

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

33x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

64 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10940X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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