Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Core i5-4440

Core i7-7700HQ vs Core i5-4440 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7700HQ is faster than the Core i5-4440. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4440 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-7700HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4440 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4440 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. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.