Intel Core i5-4440 vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Core i5-4440 vs Core i7-4700MQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4700MQ beats the Core i5-4440 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4440 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4700MQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4440 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4700MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4700MQ outputs less heat than Core i5-4440 thanks to a significantly 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.