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Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Core i5-10600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 92 %
Intel Core i9-7940X
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-10600
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-7940X
Rank 2 - 54 %
Intel Core i5-10600
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i9-7940X
14C / 28T · 4.30 GHz
1,410
Intel Core i5-10600
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
1,564
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-7940X
14C / 28T · 3.70 GHz
10,425
Intel Core i5-10600
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
6,759
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i9-7940X
14C / 28T · 4.30 GHz
1,133
Intel Core i5-10600
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
1,202
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-7940X
14C / 28T · 3.70 GHz
12,964
Intel Core i5-10600
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
6,033
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i9-7940X
14C / 28T · 4.30 GHz
188 cb
Intel Core i5-10600
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
214 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-7940X
14C / 28T · 3.70 GHz
2,849 cb
Intel Core i5-10600
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
1,569 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i9-7940XIntel Core i5-10600
FamilyIntel Core i9 (81)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000X (9)Intel Core i 10000 (43)
ArchitectureSkylake XComet Lake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 2066LGA 1200
PredecessorIntel Core i5-9600
SuccessorIntel Core i9-9940XIntel Core i5-11600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i9-7940XIntel Core i5-10600
CPU Cores / Threads14 / 286 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 14x 6x
Frequency: 3.10 GHz 3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz 4.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.70 GHz 4.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache19.00 MB12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i9-7940XIntel Core i5-10600
GPU nameno iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader / 24 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i9-7940XIntel Core i5-10600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i9-7940XIntel Core i5-10600
MemoryDDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB128 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 443.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth43.3 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i9-7940XIntel Core i5-10600
TDP165 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i9-7940XIntel Core i5-10600
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2017Q2/2020
Release price1399 $213 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i9-7940X
Intel Core i9-7940X
14C / 28T · 3.10 - 4.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-10600
Intel Core i5-10600
6C / 12T · 3.30 - 4.80 GHz

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