Core™ i9-7940X X-series
14 cores / 28 threads, up to 4.30 GHz, 165.00 W TDP, AVX-512
GeeCool14 cores / 28 threads, up to 4.30 GHz, 165.00 W TDP, AVX-512
8 cores / 16 threads, up to 4.90 GHz, 45.00 W TDP
Recommended Core™ i9-7940X X-series
Treat Core™ i9-7940X X-series as a tie-breaker (66 vs 64); your workloads should override this line. Platform planning: match cooling and board tier to 19 MB L3 cache, 14 / 28, up to 4.3 GHz. The 29% edge in Content Creation Index is the usable takeaway. The largest practical gaps show up in Content Creation Index ahead 29%, Compute Index up +15%—if that is your week, Core™ i9-7940X X-series pays off. Platform tax: Core™ i9-7940X X-series gives up ~24% efficiency index—plan cooling and PSU accordingly. Bottom line: treat “Recommended” as sort order—your main app index is still the judge.
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The higher Gaming Index usually means smoother frame pacing and better minimums in CPU-sensitive games.
If Premiere, Blender, or OBS is daily work, Content Creation Index is more actionable than raw cores.
When you need sustained throughput, Compute Index is more informative than peak clock alone.
The higher AI Capability tends to have more headroom for local LLMs and Stable Diffusion-style workloads.
Efficiency is not just TDP—Efficiency Index captures the performance-per-watt balance.
The higher Value Index often delivers a better return on platform spend.
Left/right order follows slug order in the URL