Intel Core i9-9940X: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i9-9940X is a 14-core and 28-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3300 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 1162
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 13902
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 28363
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2632
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 11403
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i9-9940X
- Frequency
- 3300 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4400 MHz
- Cores
- 14
- Threads
- 28
- TDP
- 165 W
- Codename
- Skylake
- Package
- Socket 2066 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 1163
- Multi-Core Score
- 13155
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 11.4 (Build 20F71)
- Model
- MacPro7,1
- Model ID
- MacPro7,1
- Motherboard
- Acidanthera Mac-27AD2F918AE68F61 MacPro7,1
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i9-9940X
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 14 Cores, 28 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4
- Base Frequency
- 3.30 GHz
- 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
- 19.2 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 64.01 GB
- Transfer Rate
- 2666 MT/s
- Type
- DDR4
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 1163 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1502 |
| Integer Score | 1093 |
| Floating Point Score | 1259 |
| AES-XTS | 1502 2.56 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1197 6.05 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1133 53.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 998 2.81 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 998 1.17 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 1076 337.0 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1090 59.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1096 349.1 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1108 8.64 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1159 13.4 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1068 1.34 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1340 8304.8 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 796 43.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1167 8.98 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1022 25.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 2199 107.9 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2089 28.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1512 1.21 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1061 9.50 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1156 36.9 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1093 42.2 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 13155 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 9685 |
| Integer Score | 12726 |
| Floating Point Score | 14664 |
| AES-XTS | 9685 16.5 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 16200 81.9 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 17777 841.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 6579 18.6 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 13147 15.4 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 15075 4.72 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 10076 546.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 10024 3.12 MB/sec |
| Clang | 16431 128.0 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 14045 162.8 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 11763 14.7 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 24651 152722.8 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 14585 801.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 18155 139.8 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 13991 344.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 19793 971.0 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 25377 345.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 23784 19.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 13714 122.9 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 8118 259.5 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 4719 182.3 images/sec |