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Intel Core i5-4440 vs Intel Core i7-12700K

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 42 %

Intel Core i5-4440

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700K

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 18 %

Intel Core i5-4440

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700K

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,002

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

2,528

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

3,114

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,129

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

786

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,872

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

2,656

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,992

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4600

352

Intel UHD Graphics 770

768

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

343

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

790

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,327

12C / 20T · 3.60 GHz

7,761

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

128 cb

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

286 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

462 cb

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

3,327 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4440	Intel Core i7-12700K
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Haswell S	Alder Lake S
Technology	22 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-11700K
Successor		Intel Core i7-13700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4440	Intel Core i7-12700K
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	12 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x 3.10 - 3.30 GHz	8x Golden Cove 3.60 - 5.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 2.70 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4440	Intel Core i7-12700K
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.10 GHz	0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	64 GB
Technology	22 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q2/2013	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4440	Intel Core i7-12700K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4440	Intel Core i7-12700K
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4440	Intel Core i7-12700K
TDP	84 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		190 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4440	Intel Core i7-12700K
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q3/2013	Q4/2021
Release price	160 $	409 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i5-4440
4C / 4T · 3.10 - 3.30 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★