Intel Core i5-7440EQ: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Core i5-7440EQ provides poor benchmark performance at 3.60% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Core i5-7440EQ sales 3 January 2017 at a recommended price of $250. This is a Kaby Lake architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2900 MHz - 3600 MHz (1 core) 3500 MHz (2 cores) 3400 MHz (3 cores) 3300 MHz (4 cores) and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is a processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports DDR3L-1600 memory.
Primary details
Core i5-7440EQ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 1515 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.69 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Core i5 | |
| Power efficiency | 7.57 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Kaby Lake (2016−2019) | |
| Release date | 3 January 2017 (7 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $250 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.9 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | |
| Multiplier | 29 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Core i5-7440EQ compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i5-7440EQ. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| TSX | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i5-7440EQ's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3L-1600 | |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.134 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i5-7440EQ.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 630 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i5-7440EQ. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i5-7440EQ is Ryzen Embedded V1404I, which is faster by 5% and higher by 34 positions in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i5-7440EQ, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i5-7440EQ in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 11 configurations using Core i5-7440EQ in our database.
