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Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Core i5-2310

Last updated: 2026-05-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-7940X

Rank 2 - 49 %

Intel Core i5-2310

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-7940X

Rank 2 - 16 %

Intel Core i5-2310

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 28T · 4.30 GHz

1,410

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

565

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 28T · 3.70 GHz

10,425

4C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

1,740

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

14C / 28T · 4.30 GHz

1,133

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

666

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

14C / 28T · 3.70 GHz

12,964

4C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

2,278

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7940X	Intel Core i5-2310
Family	Intel Core i9 (81)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000X (9)	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture	Skylake X	Sandy Bridge S
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 2066	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i9-9940X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7940X	Intel Core i5-2310
CPU Cores / Threads	14 / 28	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	14x	4x
Frequency:	3.10 GHz	2.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.30 GHz	3.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.70 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	19.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7940X	Intel Core i5-2310
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency		0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		2
Max. GPU Memory		2 GB
Technology		32 nm
Release date		Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7940X	Intel Core i5-2310
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7940X	Intel Core i5-2310
Memory	DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 44	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	43.3 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7940X	Intel Core i5-2310
TDP	165 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i9-7940X	Intel Core i5-2310
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q4/2017	Q2/2011
Release price	1399 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i9-7940X is 4.0 stars (8 ratings), while Intel Core i5-2310 has received 4.0 stars (6 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i9-7940X
14C / 28T · 3.10 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-2310
4C / 4T · 2.90 - 3.20 GHz

★★★★★