Intel Core i5-4440S vs Intel Core i7-4930MX

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

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Intel Core i7-4930MX

Price

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$ 118.30

$ 180.71 significantly less expensive

$ 299.01

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1854 points

2463 points

32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3417 points

4049 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1417 points

2003 points

41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1360 points

1926 points

41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.57 points

50.02 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

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

2.8 GHz

3.20 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

3.9 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

57 W

14% slightly 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

750th of 1,089

636th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4440S vs Core i7-4930MX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4930MX is faster than the Core i5-4440S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4440S in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4930MX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4930MX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4440S. Also, the Core i7-4930MX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4930MX outputs less heat than Core i5-4440S thanks to a 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 i5-4440S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.