Intel Core i5-2400 vs Intel Core i5-4460S

Compare Intel Core 4 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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Intel Core i5-4460S

Price

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$ 60.50

$ 99.45 significantly less expensive

$ 159.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1911 points

Identical

1911 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3500 points

3523 points

0.66% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1462 points

0.21% slightly better multitasking score

1459 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1403 points

Identical

1403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.55 points

33.53 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1612 points

2689 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

550 points

971 points

76% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1606 points

2749 points

71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

551 points

1026 points

86% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

Identical

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

737th of 1,089

736th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2400 vs Core i5-4460S benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2400 performs better than the Core i5-4460S. Despite this, the Core i5-4460S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460S. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i5-4460S outputs less heat than Core i5-2400 thanks to a significantly 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. For instance, the Core i5-2400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.