14 cores Intel Core i9-10940X could not beat the 12-core AMD Ryzen 9 3900X in the benchmark Time Spy

The novelty lagged behind the competitor by 10%. The cost of the Core i9-10940X is $ 784, which is 55-60% higher than the price of the Ryzen 9 3900X.

The base frequency of the new product, endowed with 14 cores / 28 threads, stopped at around 3.3 GHz, while its maximum value was 4.8 GHz.

4 G.Skill memory sticks with a total capacity of 32 GB, operating at a frequency of 3200 MHz, as well as the GIGABYTE X299X AORUS MASTER motherboard were called upon to help the processor.