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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-9940X outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-9940X is 397 days older than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9940X
- Performs up to 6% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Athlon 3000G - 133 vs 125 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 28 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 93% cheaper than Core i9-9940X - $63.83 vs $870.7
- Up to 92% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i9-9940X - $0.51 vs $6.55 per FPS
- Consumes up to 79% less energy than Intel Core i9-9940X - 35 vs 165 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-9940X doesn't have integrated graphics
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-9940X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
133
100%
Value, $/FPS
$6.55/FPS
7.786259541984733%
Price, $
$870.7
7%
FPS Winner
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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Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
FPS
125
93.98496240601504%
Value, $/FPS
$0.51/FPS
100%
Price, $
$63.83
100%
Value Winner
AMD Athlon 3000G 2-Core, 4-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphics
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Updated 349760 minutes ago
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-9940X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Single-Core
957
65.59287183002056%
Multi-Core
1975
18.39947829327371%
Intel Core i9-9940X | vs | AMD Athlon 3000G |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 20th, 2019 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Athlon |
| Skylake | Codename | Picasso |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
14 | Cores | 2 |
28 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 165 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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