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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-7940X outperforms the more expensive Core i7-5930K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-7940X is 1096 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-5930K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-5930K
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i9-7940X - 140 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7940X
- Performs up to 1% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Core i7-5930K - 158 vs 156 FPS
- Up to 23% cheaper than Core i7-5930K - $425.0 vs $549.95
- Up to 24% better value when playing Red Dead Redemption 2 than Core i7-5930K - $2.69 vs $3.53 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-5930K - 28 vs 12 threads
Red Dead Redemption 2
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
FPS
156
98.73417721518987%
Value, $/FPS
$3.53/FPS
76.20396600566572%
Price, $
$549.95
77%
Intel Core i7-5930K Processor 3.5GHz 0GT/s 15MB LGA 2011-v3 CPU Only, BX80648I75930K
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Core i9-7940X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
FPS
158
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.69/FPS
100%
Price, $
$425
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-7940X X-Series Processor 14 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Core i9-7940X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Single-Core
1156
84.37956204379562%
Multi-Core
5480
55.22523430414189%
Intel Core i7-5930K | vs | Intel Core i9-7940X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Haswell E | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 14 |
| 12 | Threads | 28 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
140 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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