Intel Core i9-7940X: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i9-7940X is a 14-core and 28-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3100 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 1119
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 12837
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 26712
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2494
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i9-7940X
- Frequency
- 3100 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4300 MHz
- Cores
- 14
- Threads
- 28
- TDP
- 165 W
- Codename
- Skylake
- Package
- Socket 2066 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 1110
- Multi-Core Score
- 12794
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
- Model
- System manufacturer System Product Name
- Motherboard
- ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME
- Power Plan
- High performance
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i9-7940X
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 14 Cores, 28 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4
- Base Frequency
- 3.09 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4390 MHz
- Package
- Socket 2066 LGA
- Codename
- Skylake-X
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 14
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 14
- L2 Cache
- 1.00 MB x 14
- L3 Cache
- 19.3 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 128.00 GB
- Frequency
- 1197 MHz
- Type
- DDR4 SDRAM
- Channels
- 4
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 1110 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1462 |
| Integer Score | 1052 |
| Floating Point Score | 1177 |
| AES-XTS | 1462 2.49 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1131 5.72 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1239 58.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 882 2.49 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1000 1.17 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 1031 323.2 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1064 57.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1004 320.0 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1120 8.72 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1034 12.0 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1057 1.32 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1144 7086.4 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 765 42.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1042 8.02 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 950 23.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1924 94.4 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2118 28.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1412 1.13 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1003 8.99 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1060 33.9 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1070 41.3 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 12794 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 11023 |
| Integer Score | 12593 |
| Floating Point Score | 13524 |
| AES-XTS | 11023 18.8 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 14532 73.5 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 17791 841.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 6945 19.6 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 12081 14.2 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 13522 4.24 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 13736 745.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 11016 3.43 MB/sec |
| Clang | 15276 119.0 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 11747 136.2 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 11576 14.5 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 18116 112237.4 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 12965 712.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 13600 104.7 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 13328 328.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 18129 889.3 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 26571 362.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 20560 16.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 12866 115.3 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 8313 265.8 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 5301 204.8 images/sec |