Intel Core i5 4440 vs AMD FX 8350

Released July, 2013

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i5 4440

	Has a built-in GPU Yes		Newer manufacturing process 22 nms
	Much lower typical power consumption 68.25W		Better PassMark (Single core) score 1,892

older Released October, 2012

Reasons to buy the AMD FX 8350

	Much more l2 cache 8 MB		Much higher turbo clock speed 4.2 GHz
	Significantly higher clock speed 4 GHz		Is unlocked Yes

The new AMD 'Piledriver' modules are essentially revamped 'Bulldozer' cores.

by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 4440 7.2 FX 8350 7.8
Passmark, GeekBench (32-bit) and GeekBench (64-bit)

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 4440 9.1 FX 8350 8.3
Passmark (Single Core)

	Overclocking
	How much speed can you get out of the processor?
Core i5 4440 6.7 FX 8350 9.9
Passmark (Overclocked), Unlocked, Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 1 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i5 4440 7.3 FX 8350 7.4
Performance Per Dollar

	CPUBoss Score
	Performance, Single-core Performance, Overclocking and Value
Core i5 4440 7.9 FX 8350 8.1

Winner
AMD FX 8350

CPUBoss recommends the AMD FX 8350 based on its overclocking.

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i5 4440

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Has a built-in GPU

Yes

Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required

Newer manufacturing process

22 nms

32 nms

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor

Much lower typical power consumption

68.25W

159.66W

2.3x lower typical power consumption

Better PassMark (Single core) score

1,892

1,525

Around 25% better PassMark (Single core) score

Better performance per watt

11.65 pt/W

5.21 pt/W

Around 2.2x better performance per watt

More l3 cache per core

1.5 MB/core

1 MB/core

50% more l3 cache per core

Much lower annual home energy cost

20.24 $/year

56.1 $/year

2.8x lower annual home energy cost

Much lower annual commercial energy cost

73.58 $/year

159.62 $/year

2.2x lower annual commercial energy cost

Marginally newer

Jul, 2013

Oct, 2012

Release date 8 months later

Reasons to consider the
AMD FX 8350

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Much more l2 cache

8 MB

1 MB

8x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

Much higher turbo clock speed

4.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

More than 25% higher turbo clock speed

Significantly higher clock speed

4 GHz

3.1 GHz

Around 30% higher clock speed

Is unlocked

Yes

Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

More cores

Twice as many cores; run more applications at once

More l3 cache

8 MB

6 MB

Around 35% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later

More threads

Twice as many threads

Much better PassMark (Overclocked) score

10,147

3,691.6

Around 2.8x better PassMark (Overclocked) score

Much more l2 cache per core

1 MB/core

0.25 MB/core

4x more l2 cache per core

Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air)

4.75 GHz

3.28 GHz

Around 45% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Better PassMark score

9,134

6,498

More than 40% better PassMark score

Better geekbench (64-bit) score

12,239

9,935

Around 25% better geekbench (64-bit) score

Much better overclocked clock speed (Water)

4.98 GHz

3.1 GHz

More than 60% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

GeekBench (32-bit)

Core i5 4440

9,159

FX 8350

11,065

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GeekBench (64-bit)

Core i5 4440

9,935

FX 8350

12,239

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GeekBench

Core i5 4440

9,935

FX 8350

12,796

3D Mark 11 (Physics)

Core i5 4440

6,390

FX 8350

6,880

Core i5 4440 FX 8350 @ community.futuremark.com

The FX-8350 also gave us some significant gains in 3DMark 11.

FX 8350 | by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)

Passmark

Core i5 4440

6,498

FX 8350

9,134

Core i5 4440 FX 8350 @ cpubenchmark.net

Looking at the physics score we can see a difference of just under 900 points with the AMD FX-8350 taking the lead with 7325 3DMarks.

FX 8350 | by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)

Passmark (Single Core)

Core i5 4440

1,892

FX 8350

1,525

cpubenchmark.net

In Cinebench the AMD chip is only a little over 5 per cent slower, and in X264 there's less than a single per cent difference between them.

FX 8350 | by Tech Radar (Nov, 2012)

summary	Core i5 4440	FX 8350
Clock speed	3.1 GHz	4 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.3 GHz	4.2 GHz
Cores	Quad core	Octa core
Is unlocked	No	Yes
Is hyperthreaded	No	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Has vitualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction-set-extensions
MMX
SSE
SSE4.2
AVX
XOP
SSE3
SSE2
FMA4
F16C
Supplemental SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4
SSE4a
AVX 2.0
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
gpu
GPU	GPU	None
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 4600	N/A
Number of displays supported	3	N/A
GPU clock speed	350 MHz	N/A
Turbo clock speed	1,100 MHz	N/A
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1866
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	29,866.66 MB/s

details	Core i5 4440	FX 8350
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	8
L2 cache	1 MB	8 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	1 MB/core
L3 cache	6 MB	8 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core	1 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nms	32 nms
Max CPUs	1	1
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.28 GHz	4.75 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.1 GHz	4.98 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	3,691.6	10,147
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.28 GHz	4.75 GHz
power consumption
TDP	84W	125W
Annual home energy cost	20.24 $/year	56.1 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	73.58 $/year	159.62 $/year
Performance per watt	11.65 pt/W	5.21 pt/W
Typical power consumption	68.25W	159.66W

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Comments

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0808 (09:39 AM, June 28, 2014)

fx is da best and beats intel if you taking the i5 4440 you will be an idiot

Adil Hossain (07:49 PM, May 31, 2014)

More people being happier because of 'brand loyalty' doesn't make the i5 better nor the review biased in fact the people who say the i5 is better because of loyalty are biased, and you don't have to touch any settings, if you don't want to overclock you don't have to.

Jwow (08:22 PM, March 31, 2014)

I think this is biased and more people will be happier with the i5 due to brand loyalty and the fact you don't have to touch any settings and the Intel wins by default.

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