Intel Core i7-7740X Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-7740X has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 7. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 2066 socket and was released in Q2/2017. The Intel Core i7-7740X scores 1,277 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 4,834 points.
Intel Core i7-7740X

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-7740X. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i7-7740X.

Name: Intel Core i7-7740X
Family: Intel Core i7 (293)
CPU group: Intel Core i 7000X (9)
Architecture: Skylake X
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 7
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-7740X has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-7740X is 4.30 GHz (4.50 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 8
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 4.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 4.30 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2666
42.7 GB/s
Max. Memory: 64 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 112 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 112 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-7740X is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 8.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 2066
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 8.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date: Q2/2017
Release price: 375 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-7740X have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon W-2265 Intel Xeon W-2265
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
1281
Intel Core i9-10900T Intel Core i9-10900T
10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz
1279
Intel Core i7-10875H Intel Core i7-10875H
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
1278
Intel Core i7-7740X Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1277
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
1277
Intel Xeon W-2275 Intel Xeon W-2275
14C 28T @ 4.80 GHz
1274
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
32C 64T @ 4.50 GHz
1274

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 3 3100
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
4865
Intel Core i7-1185G7E Intel Core i7-1185G7E
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
4852
Intel Core i7-1185GRE Intel Core i7-1185GRE
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
4852
Intel Core i7-7740X Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
4834
AMD Ryzen 5 5560U AMD Ryzen 5 5560U
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
4820
Intel Core i7-5950HQ Intel Core i7-5950HQ
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
4817
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 AMD Ryzen 5 3500
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
4816

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-10500 Intel Core i5-10500
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
1509
Intel Xeon E-2176M Intel Xeon E-2176M
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1508
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz
1503
Intel Core i7-7740X Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1497
Intel Xeon E-2186M Intel Xeon E-2186M
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1497
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.91 GHz
1496
Intel Core i7-10710U Intel Core i7-10710U
6C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
1496

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i3-10325 Intel Core i3-10325
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
5245
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
5237
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
5224
Intel Core i7-7740X Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
5220
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
5220
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
5218
Intel Core i5-1140G7 Intel Core i5-1140G7
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
5207

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
9851
Intel Core i7-1068NG7 Intel Core i7-1068NG7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
9851
Intel Core i7-10710U Intel Core i7-10710U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
9848
Intel Core i7-7740X Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
9846
Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3 Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3
12C 24T @ 2.20 GHz
9834
Intel Core i5-1140G7 Intel Core i5-1140G7
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
9825
Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i5-9500F
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
9791

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 3 3100
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
2562
Intel Core i5-9400F Intel Core i5-9400F
6C 6T @ 2.90 GHz
2550
Intel Core i5-1155G7 Intel Core i5-1155G7
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
2548
Intel Core i7-7740X Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
2540
Intel Core i7-7700K Intel Core i7-7700K
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
2523
Intel Core i5-1145G7 Intel Core i5-1145G7
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2503
Intel Core i3-10105 Intel Core i3-10105
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
2497

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-10500 Intel Core i5-10500
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
201
Intel Core i9-10940X Intel Core i9-10940X
14C 28T @ 4.80 GHz
201
Intel Core i9-9980XE Intel Core i9-9980XE
18C 36T @ 4.50 GHz
201
Intel Core i7-7740X Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
200
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750GE
8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz
200
AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz
200
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
200

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
987
Intel Core i5-9400F Intel Core i5-9400F
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
987
Intel Xeon E-2226G Intel Xeon E-2226G
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
987
Intel Core i7-7740X Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
976
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
966
Intel Core i5-8600 Intel Core i5-8600
6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz
959
Intel Xeon W-2125 Intel Xeon W-2125
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
943

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