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Core i5-4440 vs i7-4500U


Description
Both models i5-4440 and i7-4500U are based on Haswell architecture.

"Haswell is known as fourth-generation core too. It uses 22nm Tri-Gate FinFET (non-planar, ""3D"") technology. It includes four arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and three address generation unit (AGU). This generation is able to run Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) instruction set among BMI1, BMI2, ABM and FMA3. At this time, Intel used new sockets: LGA 1150 for desktops and BGA1364 for the mobile CPUs."

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-4440 gets a score of 138.7 k points while the i7-4500U gets 66.1 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-4440 is 2.1 times faster than the i7-4500U . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306c3
40651
Core
Haswell
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.1 GHz
1.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.3 GHz
3 GHz
Socket
LGA 1150
BGA1168
Cores/Threads
4/4
2 /2
TDP
84 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
4096 kB
Date
June 2013
June 2013
Mean monothread perf.
38.29k points
33.02k points
Mean multithread perf.
138.69k points
66.14k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i5-4440
i7-4500U
Test#1 (Integers)
3.71k
3.31k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
9.23k
8.37k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.28k
3.68k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
3.34k (x0.88)
TOTAL
21.02k
18.71k (x0.89)

Multithread

i5-4440

i7-4500U
Test#1 (Integers)
13.33k
5.21k (x0.39)
Test#2 (FP)
34.2k
18.54k (x0.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
15.91k
7.8k (x0.49)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.56k
3.54k (x0.54)
TOTAL
70k
35.09k (x0.5)

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i5-4440
i7-4500U
Test#1 (Integers)
11.43k
10.2k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
10.13k
9.23k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.53k
3.89k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.93k
3.29k (x0.84)
TOTAL
30.01k
26.61k (x0.89)

Multithread

i5-4440

i7-4500U
Test#1 (Integers)
43.67k
19.2k (x0.44)
Test#2 (FP)
38.78k
19.02k (x0.49)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.03k
8.31k (x0.49)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.72k
3.22k (x0.42)
TOTAL
107.2k
49.75k (x0.46)

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i5-4440
i7-4500U
Test#1 (Integers)
11.56k
10.41k (x0.9)
Test#2 (FP)
10.36k
8.97k (x0.87)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.45k
3.82k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
3.39k (x0.89)
TOTAL
30.17k
26.59k (x0.88)

Multithread

i5-4440

i7-4500U
Test#1 (Integers)
44.07k
19.91k (x0.45)
Test#2 (FP)
41.07k
21.47k (x0.52)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.89k
8.53k (x0.51)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.33k
3.53k (x0.48)
TOTAL
109.35k
53.44k (x0.49)

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i5-4440
i7-4500U
Test#1 (Integers)
19.08k
16.67k (x0.87)
Test#2 (FP)
10.47k
9k (x0.86)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.53k
3.75k (x0.83)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.21k
3.6k (x0.85)
TOTAL
38.29k
33.02k (x0.86)

Multithread

i5-4440

i7-4500U
Test#1 (Integers)
73.26k
31.77k (x0.43)
Test#2 (FP)
41.01k
21.36k (x0.52)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.12k
7.95k (x0.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.3k
5.06k (x0.69)
TOTAL
138.69k
66.14k (x0.48)

Performance/W
i5-4440
i7-4500U
Test#1 (Integers)
872 points/W
2118 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
488 points/W
1424 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
204 points/W
530 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
87 points/W
338 points/W
TOTAL
1651 points/W
4410 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-4440
i7-4500U
Test#1 (Integers)
5783 points/GHz
5558 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3174 points/GHz
3001 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1372 points/GHz
1250 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1275 points/GHz
1199 points/GHz
TOTAL
11604 points/GHz
11008 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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