Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Core i7-4800MQ

Compare Intel 6th 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

2094 points

2395 points

14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3994 points

3995 points

0.03% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1574 points

1928 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1508 points

1851 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.25 points

48.93 points

51% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2606 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2555 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1041 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

914 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2913 points

3174 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1094 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1063 points

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

2.6 GHz

2.70 GHz

3% 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

4% 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

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

705th of 1,089

644th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 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 i7-4800MQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4800MQ beats the Core i5-6440HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6440HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4800MQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4800MQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6440HQ. Also, the Core i7-4800MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6440HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4800MQ CPU because of its slightly 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.