Intel Core i5-4460S vs Intel Core i7-4910MQ

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-4910MQ

Price

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$ 159.95

$ 189.93 significantly less expensive

$ 349.88

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1911 points

1998 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3523 points

8% slightly better gaming score

3258 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1459 points

1623 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1403 points

1556 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

33.53 points

51.36 points

53% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2689 points

2980 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

971 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

887 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2749 points

3398 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1026 points

1126 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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

2.9 GHz

2.90 GHz

0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.9 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

47 W

38% 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

736th of 1,089

717th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2014 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4460S vs Core i7-4910MQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4910MQ is faster than the Core i5-4460S. Despite this, the Core i5-4460S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4910MQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4910MQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460S. Also, the Core i7-4910MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4910MQ outputs less heat than Core i5-4460S thanks to a slightly 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.