UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-4440 vs i7-950

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Best Bench: 74% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 54% Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 54% Great: 74%

SPEED RANK: 493^rd / 1451

Gaming 66%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 50%

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Best Bench: 70% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 45% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

Poor: 45% Great: 70%

SPEED RANK: 568^th / 1451

Gaming 61%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 45%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		65.9 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +7%		61.3 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	86.7 Pts	Lower memory latency. +11%	78.2 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	75.5 Pts		80.8 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +7%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	144 Pts		159 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +10%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	248 Pts		257 Pts	+4%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	350 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +29%	271 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.1 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +5%	91.1 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	88 Pts		89.5 Pts	+2%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	170 Pts		175 Pts	+3%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	309 Pts		315 Pts	+2%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	417 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +30%	320 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.03 %		0.08 %	Hugely higher market share. +167%
Value Value For Money	87.3 %	Better value. +15%	75.9 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	55 %	+2%	54 %
Price Price (score)	$100	Cheaper. +22%	$128


Age Newest	183 Months		129 Months	More recent. +30%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watts		84 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +35%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%	4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	45 nm		22 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +51%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.07 GHz		3.1 GHz	+1%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.33 GHz	+1%	3.3 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	434 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +35%	321 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	356 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +30%	274 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Nehalem	Haswell
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA1366	FCLGA1150
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 4600
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'09	Q3'13
Cache Cache	8 MB SmartCache	6 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.2	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Lithography Lithography	45 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$305.00	$182.00 - $187.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.33 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	4.8 GT/s QPI	5 GT/s DMI2
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	24 GB	32 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 800/1066	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	3	2
Package Size Package Size	42.5mm x 45.0mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Monitoring Technologies Thermal Monitoring Technologies	No	Yes
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
AES New Instructions Intel® AES New Instructions	No	Yes
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The i7-950 is a first generation Core processor which is now three generations and four years old. The 950 was included in the group test as a reference for how fast processors were back in 2009. This particular generation of processor heralded the 4 core 8 thread configuration that Intel has been kitting its top end processors with ever since. In terms of real world performance based on single core horsepower (most applications are still unable to make use of multiple cores concurrently), with a PassMark Single Thread score of 1320 the i7-950 is approximately 50% slower than its modern day equivalent, the i7 4770K. ^{[Feb '12 CPUPro]}

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The Intel i5-4440 is one of the cheaper four core Haswell processors. Unfortunately it is clocked at just 3.3 GHz Turbo, which is 15% lower than the leading Haswell i5 and because it has a locked multiplier there is little that can be done about it. Comparing the 4440 to the 4670K shows that the 15% reduction in Turbo clock speed basically results in a 23% performance loss to the 4670K. The Pentium G3420 actually has a higher base clock speed and costs about a third as much as the i5-4440 yet for the majority of, single and dual-core, desktop orientated tasks offers comparable performance. I don't think the i5-4440 makes much sense and would prefer either a much stronger 4770 or the weaker but much better value G3420. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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