Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Core i5-4440

Core i7-7820HQ vs Core i5-4440 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7820HQ 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-7820HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4440 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7820HQ 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 i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.