Intel Core i9-10900X & i9-10940X Processor Review

Gaming Performance

Again we see nothing wrong with the performance here. These are not “gaming” CPUs as such, but clearly they’ll get the job done. The more gaming-focused Ryzen 3800X and Intel’s own i9-9900K still pull way ahead though, so those looking for a pure gaming build will want those instead.

While the 9980XE pulled ahead in some of the synthetic benchmarks, it fell behind in gaming. The 10900 and the 10940 had no issues delivering solid performance figures over the last generation X299 CPUs. I must admit, I was surprised to see near-identical results in Ghost Recon, so perhaps that test isn’t using the full CPU core configuration.

i9-10900X Scores

• Rise of the Tomb Raider – 187.34
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – 126.8
• Ghost Recon: Wildlands – 139.32
• Far Cry Primal – 97

i9-10940X Scores

• Rise of the Tomb Raider – 175.23
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – 120.7
• Ghost Recon: Wildlands – 139.16
• Far Cry Primal – 95

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Ghost Recon

Far Cry