Intel Core i5-4440S vs AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

Core i5-4440S vs Phenom II X6 1045T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X6 1045T beats the Core i5-4440S in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4440S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X6 1045T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-4440S that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4440S. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4440S has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1045T.

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 i5-4440S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.