Intel Core i5-4440S vs AMD Phenom II X4 965

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

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AMD Phenom II X4 965

Price

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$ 118.30

$ 64.02

$ 54.28 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1854 points

4% slightly better overall score

1773 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3417 points

5% slightly better gaming score

3249 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1417 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

1356 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1360 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

1300 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.57 points

126% significantly higher Blender score

16.61 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.4 GHz

21% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

750th of 1,089

762nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

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 Phenom II X4 965 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X4 965 is faster than the Core i5-4440S. Despite this, the Core i5-4440S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X4 965 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4440S.

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.