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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9940X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900F is 879 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9940X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900F
- Performs up to 10% better in Need For Speed Unbound than Core i9-9940X - 158 vs 143 FPS
- Up to 72% cheaper than Core i9-9940X - $240.0 vs $870.7
- Up to 75% better value when playing Need For Speed Unbound than Core i9-9940X - $1.52 vs $6.09 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-9940X - 65 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9940X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-11900F - 28 vs 16 threads
Need For Speed Unbound
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
158
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.52/FPS
100%
Price, $
$240
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Core i9-9940X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
143
90.50632911392405%
Value, $/FPS
$6.09/FPS
24.958949096880133%
Price, $
$870.7
27%
Intel Core i9-9940X X-Series Processor 14 Cores up to 4.4GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Processors (999AC9)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i9-9940X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-11900F | vs | Intel Core i9-9940X |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 14 |
| 16 | Threads | 28 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-11900F or Core i9-9940X
Need For Speed Unbound, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
103 FPS
$10.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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103 FPS
$10.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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