Intel Core i5-4460T vs Intel Core i7-4900MQ

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

444 points

2307 points

419% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

826 points

3862 points

367% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

343 points

1859 points

441% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

335 points

1784 points

432% significantly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1848 points

2842 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

602 points

933 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2174 points

3402 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

807 points

1123 points

39% 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

1.9 GHz

2.80 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.7 GHz

3.8 GHz

40% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

34% slightly lower TDP

47 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

1,078th of 1,089

659th 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

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4460T vs Core i7-4900MQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4900MQ is faster than the Core i5-4460T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4900MQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4900MQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460T. Also, the Core i7-4900MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4460T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4900MQ CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-4460T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.