Intel Core i5-4460S vs Intel Core i7-2820QM

Core i5-4460S vs Core i7-2820QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4460S beats the Core i7-2820QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2820QM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2820QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4460S has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2820QM. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-2820QM outputs less heat than Core i5-4460S thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-4460S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.