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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $1723
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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-6950X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-4440 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-4440 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-6950X is 1003 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-4440.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-4440
- Up to 80% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $131.71 vs $651.07
- Up to 72% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i7-6950X - $1.12 vs $3.97 per FPS
- Consumes up to 40% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 84 vs 140 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-6950X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Performs up to 39% better in League of Legends than Core i5-4440 - 164 vs 118 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-4440 - 20 vs 4 threads
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-4440
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
FPS
118
71.95121951219512%
Value, $/FPS
$1.12/FPS
100%
Price, $
$131.71
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core I5 I5-4440 Quad-core (4 Core) 3.10 Ghz Processor - Socket H3 Lga-1150retail Pack - 1 Mb
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Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
164
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.97/FPS
28.211586901763226%
Price, $
$651.07
20%
FPS Winner
Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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Updated 361651 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-4440
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-4440
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Single-Core
1033
79.76833976833977%
Multi-Core
2902
34.35539244702261%
Intel Core i5-4440 | vs | Intel Core i7-6950X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2013 | Release Date | May 31st, 2016 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Haswell | Codename | Broadwell-E |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 10 |
| 4 | Threads | 20 |
3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
84 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
31.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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