Intel Core i5-4460S vs Intel Core i7-2600

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 i7-2600

Price

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$ 159.95

$ 66.42 significantly less expensive

$ 226.37

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1911 points

2539 points

32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3523 points

3984 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1459 points

2108 points

44% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1403 points

2031 points

44% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

33.53 points

38.63 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2689 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2047 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

971 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

608 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2749 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2040 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1026 points

68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

610 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

2.9 GHz

3.4 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.8 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly 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

736th of 1,089

619th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

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 i5-4460S vs Core i7-2600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2600 beats the Core i5-4460S in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460S in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2600 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460S. Also, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4460S CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-4460S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.