Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Core i5-3550

Compare Intel 6th 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2094 points

2119 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3994 points

2% slightly better gaming score

3894 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1574 points

1620 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1508 points

1555 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.25 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

27.36 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2606 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1939 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1041 points

61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

644 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2913 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1924 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1094 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

645 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.3 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

71% significantly lower TDP

77 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

705th of 1,089

702nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6440HQ vs Core i5-3550 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-3550 performs better than the Core i5-6440HQ. Despite this, the Core i5-6440HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6440HQ. Also, the Core i5-3550 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6440HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3550 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-6440HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.