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    AMD A8-6600K vs Intel Core i5-4440S

    AMD A8-6600K
    AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
    3900 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
    AMD A8-6600K
    Intel Core i5-4440S
    Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
    2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2013
    Intel Core i5-4440S

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A8-6600K
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-4440S
      143%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A8-6600K
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-4440S
      140%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A8-6600K
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-4440S
      146%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A8-6600K

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4440S

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 40% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 46% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 43% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i5-4440S

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-4440S

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i5-4440S

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-4440S

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A8-6600KIntel Core i5-4440S
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    AVX2
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    VT-d
    AES-NI
    TSX
    CLMUL
    FMA3

    Architecture

    AMD A8-6600KIntel Core i5-4440S
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameRichlandvsHaswell
    Release DateJun 2013vsSep 2013

    Cores

    AMD A8-6600KIntel Core i5-4440S
    Cores4vs4
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8570DvsIntel HD 4600

    Cache

    AMD A8-6600KIntel Core i5-4440S
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD A8-6600KIntel Core i5-4440S
    SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1150
    Max Case Temp74°Cvs72°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size246mm²vs177mm²
    Process32 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD A8-6600KIntel Core i5-4440S
    Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs2800 MHz
    Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3300 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
    TDP100 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-6600K
      2562 points
    • Intel Core i5-4440S
      3696 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-6600K
      7803 points
    • Intel Core i5-4440S
      12544 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
      95.45
    • Intel Core i5-4440S (simulated)
      133.83

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
      310.1
    • Intel Core i5-4440S (simulated)
      454.4

    points - higher is better

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