Intel Core i9-7940X vs AMD A10-7890K

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i9-7940X and AMD A10-7890K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-7940X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 4
  • Around 41% higher maximum core temperature: 102°C vs 72.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.5x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3.5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2491 vs 1566
  • 7.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25964 vs 3522
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2017 vs January 2016
Number of cores 14 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 102°C vs 72.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2491 vs 1566
PassMark - CPU mark 25964 vs 3522

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-7890K

  • Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 165 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i9-7940X
CPU 2: AMD A10-7890K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2491
1566
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25964
3522
Name Intel Core i9-7940X AMD A10-7890K
PassMark - Single thread mark 2491 1566
PassMark - CPU mark 25964 3522
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1153
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 12928
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 10950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 335.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 106.183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3188

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i9-7940X AMD A10-7890K

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Kaveri
Launch date September 2017 January 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $1,399 $150
Place in performance rating 746 833
Price now $1,129.99 $199.99
Processor Number i9-7940X
Series Intel® Core™ X-series Processors AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 6.63 8.46
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD789KXDJCHBX

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.10 GHz 4.1 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 4 MB
L3 cache 19712 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 102°C 72.40°C
Maximum frequency 4.30 GHz 4.3 GHz
Number of cores 14 4
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 28
Unlocked
Compute Cores 12
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Number of GPU cores 8
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FCLGA2066 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2017X Wraith cooler

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 44
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 866 MHz
iGPU core count 512
Number of pipelines 512
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan