Intel Core i5-6440HQ Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-12

The Intel Core i5-6440HQ was released in Q3/2015 and has 4 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket BGA 1440. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i5-6440HQ achieved a result of 860 points (single-core) or 2,897 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i5-6440HQ belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i5-6440HQ.
Name:	Intel Core i5-6440HQ
Family:	Intel Core i5
CPU group:	Intel Core i 6000H
Architecture:	Skylake H
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	6
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	Intel Core i5-7440HQ

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-6440HQ has 4 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6440HQ is 2.60 GHz (3.50 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	3.10 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-6440HQ has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i5-6440HQ has the Intel HD Graphics 530 installed, which has 24 streaming multiprocessors (192 shaders).

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	0.95 GHz
Compute units:	24
Shader:	192
Max. GPU Memory:	32 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Release date:	Q3/2015

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-6440HQ supports a maximum of 64 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 34.1 GB/s.

LPDDR3-1866 DDR4-2133	34.1 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Max. Memory:	64 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The Intel Core i5-6440HQ has a TDP of 45 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	45 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	35 W
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i5-6440HQ is made in 14 nm and has 6.00 MB cache.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1440
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	6.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q3/2015
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i5-6440HQ
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz (3.50 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-6440HQ have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	862
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz	861
	Intel Xeon Silver 4112 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	861
	Intel Core i5-6440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	860
	Intel Core i7-4870HQ 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	860
	Intel Core i5-4210H 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	859
	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	858

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon D-1622 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2909
	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2900
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3200G 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2900
	Intel Core i5-6440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	2897
	AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	2897
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	2897
	Intel Core i5-7440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	2896

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1108
	Intel Core i7-4980HQ 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1107
	Intel Core i7-6567U 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1107
	Intel Core i5-6440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1106
	Intel Core i5-6287U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1106
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz	1104
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1103

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Xeon D-1520 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	3088
	Intel Core i5-6400 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3086
	Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz	3082
	Intel Core i5-6440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	3077
	Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3076
	Intel Core i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3068
	Intel Xeon D-1528 6C 12T @ 1.90 GHz	3066

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i3-4130 Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i3-4330 Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i3-4340 Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i5-6440HQ Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 0.95 GHz	365
	MediaTek Dimensity 800U ARM Mali-G57 MP3 @ 0.95 GHz	365
	MediaTek Dimensity 800 ARM Mali-G57 MP3 @ 0.95 GHz	365
	Intel Core i3-6102E Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 0.95 GHz	365

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i7-4702MQ 4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	5131
	Intel Core i5-4590S 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	5122
	Intel Core i7-3610QM 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	5114
	Intel Core i5-6440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	5106
	Intel Core i5-7300HQ 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	5102
	Intel Core i7-10510Y 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	5100
	Intel Core i7-4765T 4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	5095

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-4790 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	145
	Intel Core i7-4790S 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	145
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	145
	Intel Core i5-6440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	144
	Intel Core i7-4870HQ 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	144
	Intel Core i5-7260U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	144
	Intel Core i7-6600U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	144

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-4702HQ 4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	549
	Intel Core i7-4702MQ 4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	549
	Intel Core i3-8300T 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	547
	Intel Core i5-6440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	546
	Intel Core i5-7300HQ 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	541
	Intel Core i5-5575R 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	536
	Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	534

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,399 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,372 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,648 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,599 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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