14 core Intel Core i9-10940X is just 5% ahead of the Core i9-10920X and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X in multicore workloads
People have already heard about 10 core, 12 core, and 18 core claimed by Intel’s upcoming Cascade Lake-X (CL-X), now a 14 core SKU has appeared online.
With previous results, there were obvious differences between the CL-X series, this new 14 core chip only outcast its 12 core siblings by having 2 additional cores. The successor to the Core i9-9940X only outperformed the 12 core Ryzen 9 3900X by 5% in multicore performance too.
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The Core i9-10940X is the fourth Cascade Lake-X (CL-X) chip to make its way onto the Geekbench database, with the Core i9-10900X, Core i9-10920X, and Core i9-10980XE all appeared online this month. Other than that, the only probable Core i9 CL-X processor left to share the stage is the Core i9-10960X, which would be a 16 core SKU if the Core i9-9960X is anything to go by.
According to Geekbench, the Core i9-10940X has a frequency between 2.87 GHz and 4.18 GHz, although this would put the upcoming High-End Desktop (HEDT) chip short of its predecessor, the Core i9-9940X. Instead, @momomo_US, a frequent processor leaker and tipster, claims that the Core i9-10940X will have a 3.3 GHz base clock like its predecessor, but its boost performance still unknown.
Geekbench 4
Intel Core i9-10940X CPU @ 3.30GHz 14C/28T
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 7https://t.co/viNy1EvYuZ pic.twitter.com/gMMQMApmla— 188号 (@momomo_us) September 24, 2019
Intel has constantly increased the boost performance for every new generation of its 14 nm HEDT processors, so the 100 MHz change between the Core i9-7940X and Core i9-9940X can picture what the Core i9-10940X will attain. The Core i9-9940X can boost up to 4.4 GHz, so expect its successor to reach up to at least 4.5 GHz.
