Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Core i7-3930K

Core i5-6440HQ vs Core i7-3930K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3930K performs better than the Core i5-6440HQ. Despite this, the Core i5-6440HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3930K has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-6440HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6440HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3930K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6440HQ. Also, the Core i7-3930K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6440HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3930K 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 i5-6440HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.