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Core i9-9900K vs i9-10940X


Description
The i9-9900K is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the i9-10940X is based on Cascade Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-9900K gets a score of 545.3 k points while the i9-10940X gets 1088.1 k points.

Summarizing, the i9-10940X is 2 times faster than the i9-9900K. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ec
50657
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Cascade Lake-X
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.3 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.8 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 2066
Cores/Threads
8/16
14/28
TDP
95 W
165 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
14x32+14x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
14x1024 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
19712 kB
Date
October 2018
November 2019
Mean monothread perf.
86.24k points
72.04k points
Mean multithread perf.
545.3k points
1088.11k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i9-9900K
i9-10940X
Test#1 (Integers)
33.62k
29.75k (x0.88)
Test#2 (FP)
30.02k
27.44k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.17k
5.81k (x0.81)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.43k
9.05k (x0.59)
TOTAL
86.24k
72.04k (x0.84)

Multithread

i9-9900K

i9-10940X
Test#1 (Integers)
248.93k
485.37k (x1.95)
Test#2 (FP)
224.43k
472.7k (x2.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
53.39k
113.09k (x2.12)
Test#1 (Memory)
18.54k
16.95k (x0.91)
TOTAL
545.3k
1088.11k (x2)

Performance/W
i9-9900K
i9-10940X
Test#1 (Integers)
2620 points/W
2942 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2362 points/W
2865 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
562 points/W
685 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
195 points/W
103 points/W
TOTAL
5740 points/W
6595 points/W

Performance/GHz
i9-9900K
i9-10940X
Test#1 (Integers)
6724 points/GHz
6197 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
6003 points/GHz
5717 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1434 points/GHz
1210 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
3087 points/GHz
1885 points/GHz
TOTAL
17247 points/GHz
15009 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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