Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

Core i5-6440HQ vs Core i9-8950HK specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-8950HK performs better than the Core i5-6440HQ. Despite this, the Core i5-6440HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6440HQ. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-6440HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6440HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6440HQ. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.