Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Core i5-2500K

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-6440HQ and Intel Core i5-2500K. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

821Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score793
2632Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2605
5148PassMark CPU Mark Rating4087
2041PassMark Single Thread Rating1697
28173DMark Time Spy Physics Score2857

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-6440HQProcessorIntel Core i5-2500K
2600 MHzFrequency3300 MHz
3500 MHzMaximum Frequency3700 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads4
45 WTDP95 W
Intel HD Graphics 530GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
SkylakeCodenameSandy Bridge
Socket 1440 FCBGAPackageLGA1155

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

818Single-Core Score778
2574Multi-Core Score2705
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 11.5.1 (Build 20G80)
Dell Inc. Latitude E5470ModeliMac19,1
Model IDiMac19,1
Dell Inc. 0C8FKJMotherboardApple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-6440HQNameIntel Core i5-2500K
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
2.59 GHzBase Frequency3.31 GHz
3492 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1440 FCBGAPackage
SkylakeCodename
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 2
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize16.00 GB
1064 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMTypeRAM
1Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

818Single-Core Score778
1157Crypto Score850
772Integer Score726
862Floating Point Score 879
1157
1.97 GB/sec
AES-XTS850
1.45 GB/sec
760
3.84 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)903
4.57 MB/sec
924
43.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression759
35.9 Mpixels/sec
686
1.93 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)829
2.34 MTE/sec
723
848.5 KElements/sec
HTML5599
702.8 KElements/sec
685
214.7 Krows/sec
SQLite676
211.7 Krows/sec
840
45.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering720
39.1 Mpixels/sec
818
260.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering667
212.4 KB/sec
815
6.35 Klines/sec
Clang670
5.22 Klines/sec
733
8.49 images/sec
Camera753
8.73 images/sec
777
971.6 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics801
1.00 Mpairs/sec
837
5183.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics984
6095.7 FPS
833
45.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur726
39.9 Mpixels/sec
828
6.38 images/sec
Face Detection823
6.33 images/sec
762
18.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection807
19.9 Mpixels/sec
1067
52.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1483
72.7 Mpixels/sec
1509
20.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR1437
19.6 Mpixels/sec
928
745.4 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing955
766.9 Kpixels/sec
749
6.71 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion596
5.34 Kpixels/sec
721
23.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition873
27.9 Words/sec
710
27.4 images/sec
Machine Learning602
23.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2574Multi-Core Score2705
2318Crypto Score3013
2481Integer Score2528
2818Floating Point Score 3036
2318
3.95 GB/sec
AES-XTS3013
5.14 GB/sec
2414
12.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3007
15.2 MB/sec
3425
162.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2881
136.3 Mpixels/sec
1319
3.72 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2138
6.03 MTE/sec
2761
3.24 MElements/sec
HTML52231
2.62 MElements/sec
2549
798.6 Krows/sec
SQLite2672
837.1 Krows/sec
2769
150.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2582
140.1 Mpixels/sec
2249
716.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering2122
676.0 KB/sec
3024
23.6 Klines/sec
Clang2565
20.0 Klines/sec
2468
28.6 images/sec
Camera2716
31.5 images/sec
2629
3.29 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2747
3.44 Mpairs/sec
3179
19692.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3850
23849.8 FPS
2970
163.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur3169
174.2 Mpixels/sec
3109
23.9 images/sec
Face Detection3232
24.9 images/sec
2678
66.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2910
71.7 Mpixels/sec
3763
184.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4417
216.7 Mpixels/sec
5640
76.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR5315
72.4 Mpixels/sec
4182
3.36 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4049
3.25 Mpixels/sec
2760
24.7 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2242
20.1 Kpixels/sec
1457
46.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1995
63.8 Words/sec
1205
46.6 images/sec
Machine Learning1509
58.3 images/sec