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Is the Intel Core i7-940 @ 2.93GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1366
Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.2 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 130 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 940 @ 2.93GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 940 @ 2.93GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008
CPUmark/$Price: 8.70
Overall Rank:
2684th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
2787th fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
788th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $348.00 USD (2023-05-25)
| Integer Math | 16,426 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 6,987 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 22 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 8,876 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 561.3 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 66,607 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 367 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 1,842 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,322 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,652 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,295 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,015 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,143 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,487 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,164 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,704 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Intel Core i7-940 @ 2.93GHz | 3,029 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 236.08 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 196.84 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 162.57 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 152.34 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.17 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 131.36 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
| Intel Core i7-940 @ 2.93GHz | 8.70 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,138 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
| Intel Core i7-940 @ 2.93GHz | 1,322 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2686599 - Jun 10 2025 | 3178 | |
| BL2605986 - May 06 2025 | 3444 | |
| BL2568665 - Apr 20 2025 | 3456 | |
| BL2568115 - Apr 20 2025 | 3478 | |
| BL2568014 - Apr 20 2025 | 3473 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-940 @ 2.93GHz | 3,029 | |
| Intel Core i7-975 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Core i7-940 | 3,511 (+15.9%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1055T vs Intel Core i7-940 | 3,350 (+10.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-950 @ 3.07GHz vs Intel Core i7-940 | 3,245 (+7.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-920 @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Core i7-940 | 2,852 (-5.8%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs Intel Core i7-940 | 2,537 (-16.2%) | |
| Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-940 | 2,491 (-17.8%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs Intel Core i7-940 | 2,414 (-20.3%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X4 940 vs Intel Core i7-940 | 2,351 (-22.4%) | |
| AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-940 | 6,794 (+124.3%) | |
| Intel Core i7-965 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-940 | 3,424 (+13.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-960 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-940 | 3,369 (+11.2%) | |
| AMD A8-7600 APU vs Intel Core i7-940 | 3,210 (+6.0%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,452 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,150 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,297 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,843 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,586 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,483 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,809 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,803 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,639 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,526 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,517 | |
| Intel Core i7-940 @ 2.93GHz | 566 |
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