Intel Core i5-4460S vs Intel Core i7-2960XM

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-4460S and Intel Core i7-2960XM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

772Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score671
2390Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2353
4496PassMark CPU Mark Rating4423
1834PassMark Single Thread Rating1491
25673DMark Time Spy Physics Score2855

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-4460SProcessorIntel Core i7-2960XM
2900 MHzFrequency2700 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency3700 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
65 WTDP55 W
Intel HD Graphics 4600GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
HaswellCodenameSandy Bridge
Socket 1150 LGAPackageSocket 988B rPGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

783Single-Core Score688
2533Multi-Core Score2531
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
LENOVO 10AS00D0AXModelDell Inc. Precision M6600
LENOVOMotherboardDell Inc. 04YY4M
High performancePower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-4460SNameIntel Core i7-2960XM
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
2.89 GHzBase Frequency2.69 GHz
3391 MHzMaximum Frequency3.69 GHz
Socket 1150 LGAPackageSocket 988B rPGA
HaswellCodenameSandy Bridge
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

12.00 GBSize24.00 GB
798 MHzFrequency798 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

783Single-Core Score688
1058Crypto Score722
728Integer Score662
855Floating Point Score 737
1058
1.80 GB/sec
AES-XTS722
1.23 GB/sec
682
3.45 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)749
3.79 MB/sec
823
38.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression744
35.2 Mpixels/sec
655
1.85 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)706
1.99 MTE/sec
692
812.7 KElements/sec
HTML5604
709.4 KElements/sec
700
219.3 Krows/sec
SQLite609
190.8 Krows/sec
739
40.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering662
35.9 Mpixels/sec
765
243.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering658
209.8 KB/sec
779
6.07 Klines/sec
Clang625
4.87 Klines/sec
733
8.50 images/sec
Camera622
7.21 images/sec
716
895.4 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics694
868.7 Kpairs/sec
830
5142.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics699
4332.5 FPS
746
41.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur562
30.9 Mpixels/sec
762
5.86 images/sec
Face Detection701
5.40 images/sec
771
19.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection712
17.5 Mpixels/sec
1304
64.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1189
58.3 Mpixels/sec
1474
20.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR1226
16.7 Mpixels/sec
965
775.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing812
652.2 Kpixels/sec
698
6.25 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion495
4.44 Kpixels/sec
731
23.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition807
25.8 Words/sec
725
28.0 images/sec
Machine Learning542
20.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2533Multi-Core Score2531
2865Crypto Score3293
2433Integer Score2491
2694Floating Point Score 2489
2865
4.88 GB/sec
AES-XTS3293
5.61 GB/sec
2449
12.4 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3392
17.2 MB/sec
3028
143.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3023
143.0 Mpixels/sec
1652
4.66 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2174
6.13 MTE/sec
2514
2.95 MElements/sec
HTML52542
2.98 MElements/sec
2584
809.6 Krows/sec
SQLite2673
837.3 Krows/sec
2463
133.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2704
146.8 Mpixels/sec
2386
760.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering2316
737.9 KB/sec
2666
20.8 Klines/sec
Clang2206
17.2 Klines/sec
2392
27.7 images/sec
Camera1766
20.5 images/sec
2418
3.03 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2074
2.59 Mpairs/sec
2933
18171.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2962
18352.6 FPS
2693
148.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2204
121.2 Mpixels/sec
2689
20.7 images/sec
Face Detection2567
19.8 images/sec
2675
65.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2687
66.2 Mpixels/sec
3759
184.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3880
190.4 Mpixels/sec
5052
68.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR4152
56.6 Mpixels/sec
3743
3.01 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3455
2.77 Mpixels/sec
2475
22.2 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1675
15.0 Kpixels/sec
1675
53.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2137
68.3 Words/sec
1342
51.8 images/sec
Machine Learning1222
47.2 images/sec