Intel Core i3-4370 vs Intel Core i5-4440S

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1591 points
1854 points
16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3153 points
3417 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1182 points
1417 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1135 points
1360 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

21.44 points
37.57 points
75% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
20% slightly lower TDP
65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

789th of 1,089
750th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-4370 vs Core i5-4440S benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4440S is faster than the Core i3-4370. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4370 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-4440S has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-4370 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4370 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4440S. A Core i3-4370 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4440S CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-4370 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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