G4560 vs i5 4440

[StanicEnemy]

which cpu is better? i have i5 4440 should i upgrade to g4560?

 

[Mal1612]

No, i5 4440 is better. The g4560 is not an upgrade but a downgrade. Also the g4560 is on a different Intel platform, so you will have to change your motherboard and RAM. Work out very costly!

 

[Shektron]

It won't quite be an upgrade. If you really want to upgrade, switch to the Ryzen processors, and get either of the Ryzen 5 processors, avoid Ryzen 3 for heavy gaming though. The best Ryzen processor for gaming would be a Ryzen 5 1600.

A G4560 wouldn't offer much over an i5 4440, but it does depend on what is the limiting factor in your current system. If you have a clock speed-heavy workload, like playing games at high refresh rate, then a G4560 might be a slight improvement, though an overclockable CPU would be more ideal for such uses.

However, most of the games and almost everything else as well nowadays is multi-threaded, so having more cores increases performance. The i5 you have right now is having 4 cores and 4 threads, while the G4560 has only 2 cores and 4 threads. So depending on what you use your computer for, the G4560 will actually be a downgrade in most cases, not an upgrade. If you have a multi-threaded workload, which you most likely do, then your upgrade options would be an i7(older or newer), or a Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7 chip. If neither of those are in your budget, it's best you save up right now until you can afford a Ryzen 5(or Intel's upcoming Coffee Lake), because that i5 is still going to work for some time, in games at least.

But if you do have a clock speed-dependent workload, then a G4560 will offer slightly better performance. The G4560 has a base speed of 3.5 GHz, while the i5 only has a base of 3.10 GHz. So the additional 400 MHz(0.4 GHz~=400 MHz, right?) will help a little bit, not much though.

 

[envy14tpe]

Since you are looking at budget build pc. I'd get the i5-4440 for quad core performance. The G4560 is good if overclocked, and can swap cpu in future if you are willing.

 

[Shektron]

Since you are looking at budget build pc. I'd get the i5-4440 for quad core performance. The G4560 is good if overclocked, and can swap cpu in future if you are willing.

A G4560 can't be overclocked. Are you referring to the Turbo Boost speed?

 

[envy14tpe]

Since you are looking at budget build pc. I'd get the i5-4440 for quad core performance. The G4560 is good if overclocked, and can swap cpu in future if you are willing.

A G4560 can't be overclocked. Are you referring to the Turbo Boost speed?

I meant the i3 can be overclocked.

I'd still get the i5-4440 +H97 unless the OP plans to get a new CPU in 1-2yrs. If so, then the Kaby Lake platform is better.

 

[Shektron]

Since you are looking at budget build pc. I'd get the i5-4440 for quad core performance. The G4560 is good if overclocked, and can swap cpu in future if you are willing.

A G4560 can't be overclocked. Are you referring to the Turbo Boost speed?

I meant the i3 can be overclocked.

I'd still get the i5-4440 +H97 unless the OP plans to get a new CPU in 1-2yrs. If so, then the Kaby Lake platform is better.

Except for the 7350K, the i3 can't be overclocked either. Are you sure you know what you're saying? Also, where'd the i3 come from, anyway? We're talking Pentium and i5 here.

 

[envy14tpe]

Since you are looking at budget build pc. I'd get the i5-4440 for quad core performance. The G4560 is good if overclocked, and can swap cpu in future if you are willing.

A G4560 can't be overclocked. Are you referring to the Turbo Boost speed?

I meant the i3 can be overclocked.

I'd still get the i5-4440 +H97 unless the OP plans to get a new CPU in 1-2yrs. If so, then the Kaby Lake platform is better.

Except for the 7350K, the i3 can't be overclocked either. Are you sure you know what you're saying? Also, where'd the i3 come from, anyway? We're talking Pentium and i5 here.

I repeat " I meant the i3 can be overclocked" and you proved me right by stating the i3...7350k. Do you have a point? I'm trying to help OP make a decision.

If we are comparing Pentium and i5 isn't it fair to talk about what is being overlooked...the middle ground..i3? That's what I did...stated it.

 

[Shektron]

Since you are looking at budget build pc. I'd get the i5-4440 for quad core performance. The G4560 is good if overclocked, and can swap cpu in future if you are willing.

A G4560 can't be overclocked. Are you referring to the Turbo Boost speed?

I meant the i3 can be overclocked.

I'd still get the i5-4440 +H97 unless the OP plans to get a new CPU in 1-2yrs. If so, then the Kaby Lake platform is better.

Except for the 7350K, the i3 can't be overclocked either. Are you sure you know what you're saying? Also, where'd the i3 come from, anyway? We're talking Pentium and i5 here.

I repeat " I meant the i3 can be overclocked" and you proved me right by stating the i3...7350k. Do you have a point? I'm trying to help OP make a decision.

If we are comparing Pentium and i5 isn't it fair to talk about what is being overlooked...the middle ground..i3? That's what I did...stated it.

There's two facts here that seem to prove you seem to not know what you're talking about:

1. You're recommending an overclockable i3, which was declared almost unanimously as a chip that doesn't make a lot of sense by tech reviewers.

2. You think an i3 is the 'middle ground' between a G4560 and i5 4440, which it most definitely is not. The G4560 is far better overall than any i3, which any hardware enthusiast should know.

But anyways, different opinions I guess.

To OP - avoid the i3's because they're really no longer a valid lineup after the launch of the G4560. The G4560 is almost as good as a 6th or 7th gen i3, and costs far less. So, as I have said in the original reply, stick with the i5 4440 until you can afford either a Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7 or a Coffee Lake once it launches.

 

[envy14tpe]

Since you are looking at budget build pc. I'd get the i5-4440 for quad core performance. The G4560 is good if overclocked, and can swap cpu in future if you are willing.

A G4560 can't be overclocked. Are you referring to the Turbo Boost speed?

I meant the i3 can be overclocked.

I'd still get the i5-4440 +H97 unless the OP plans to get a new CPU in 1-2yrs. If so, then the Kaby Lake platform is better.

Except for the 7350K, the i3 can't be overclocked either. Are you sure you know what you're saying? Also, where'd the i3 come from, anyway? We're talking Pentium and i5 here.

I repeat " I meant the i3 can be overclocked" and you proved me right by stating the i3...7350k. Do you have a point? I'm trying to help OP make a decision.

If we are comparing Pentium and i5 isn't it fair to talk about what is being overlooked...the middle ground..i3? That's what I did...stated it.

There's two facts here that seem to prove you seem to not know what you're talking about:

1. You're recommending an overclockable i3, which was declared almost unanimously as a chip that doesn't make a lot of sense by tech reviewers.

2. You think an i3 is the 'middle ground' between a G4560 and i5 4440, which it most definitely is not. The G4560 is far better overall than any i3, which any hardware enthusiast should know.

But anyways, different opinions I guess.

To OP - avoid the i3's because they're really no longer a valid lineup after the launch of the G4560. The G4560 is almost as good as a 6th or 7th gen i3, and costs far less. So, as I have said in the original reply, stick with the i5 4440 until you can afford either a Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7 or a Coffee Lake once it launches.

Let's all welcome the whiny bitch, Shektron. He doesn't contribute but he constantly states nothing to help OP decide what to do. I come here to help people Clearly Shektron doesn't. He states things and has no proof. The G4560 sucks compared to new i3s.

 

[Shektron]

Okay, let's entertain you with a few numbers -

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-Intel-Core-i3-7300/3892vs3893

This shows that the i3 7300 is around 15% faster than the G4560. Now:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117743

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6ZP5739844

Here you can see the price difference between the two chips. If you know maths, you can calculate that the i3 7300 is 46.9% more expensive.

And hence my statement that the G4560 is a better overall chip. Much less cost for a tiny performance reduction.

As for not helping the OP, I think the OP can decide that, but thanks for your opinion anyway.

 

[envy14tpe]

If you had a i5-4440 would you upgrade to a G4560? Absolutely no way. If anything, it is a down grade. If OP said, should I upgrade to i7-7700 then I'd say yeah. But that comes with new RAM/Mobo.

I see no reason why someone that owns a i5-4440 should sell it and get a G4560. Seems downgrading.

 

[jeffredo]

That's not an upgrade. It most (all?) situations its a downgrade. Stick with your i5-4440.

 

[Shektron]

If you had a i5-4440 would you upgrade to a G4560? Absolutely no way. If anything, it is a down grade. If OP said, should I upgrade to i7-7700 then I'd say yeah. But that comes with new RAM/Mobo.

I see no reason why someone that owns a i5-4440 should sell it and get a G4560. Seems downgrading.

If you had actually read my answer, you'd have seen I said pretty much the same thing, except that the one place where the G4560 would be an upgrade is clock speed. If OP has a clock speed-heavy workload, then a G4560 would help, since it has a higher base clock. That's the only place it would help, nowhere else. One more thing that would be worth an upgrade would be newer features like M.2 storage, which I don't think is available on older platforms.