Intel Core i5-4440 vs Intel Core i7-2600K

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

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Intel Core i7-2600K

Price

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$ 185.00

$ 84.99

$ 100.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2002 points

2571 points

28% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3692 points

4067 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1528 points

2123 points

38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1467 points

2039 points

38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.87 points

44.04 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2711 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2292 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

665 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2921 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2289 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

665 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.4 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

3.8 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

13% slightly lower TDP

95 W

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

716th of 1,089

612th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4440 vs Core i7-2600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2600K beats the Core i5-4440 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4440 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2600K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4440. Also, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4440 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-4440 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.