Core i5-7440HQ: CPU benchmarks and laptop guide

The Intel Core i5-7440HQ is a Kaby Lake-H quad-core from 2017, and the catalog ties it to a handful of business machines and entry workstations of that generation. Measured on the processor side, it meets the recommended CPU requirement in 15 of the 69 games the catalog tracks. This guide covers where the chip sits among laptop CPUs, what it brings, and which laptops carry it.

Where the Core i5-7440HQ sits in 2026

A catalog score of 44.7 places the chip 296th of 741 scored laptop CPUs — just below the midpoint of the table. The neighborhood spans eras: the Core i7-7567U (45.6), Pentium Gold 7505 (45.5) and Core i7-4800MQ (44.7) sit just above, while the Ryzen 7 3750H (44.4), Core i7-4710MQ (43.7) and Core i7-10510U (43.7) sit just below. Scoring level with a 2013 Haswell flagship and a 2019 ultrabook i7 sums up its position — a mid-range workhorse whose 45 W quad-core still does the job, without ever threatening the modern field.

What the chip brings

Kaby Lake-H gives the i5-7440HQ four cores and four threads on a 14 nm process: a 2.8 GHz base clock, up to 3.8 GHz on turbo, and a 45 W HQ-class envelope soldered to the motherboard. The integrated GPU is the Intel HD Graphics 630 — display duty only. Public benchmark records show a Geekbench single-core score of 1,184, a multi-core score of 3,043 and a PassMark overall rating of 5,435 — solidly mid-pack figures with no hyper-threading to lean on.

Games: CPU-side readiness

As a processor, the chip clears the recommended CPU tier for 15 of 69 cataloged games — an older cohort including God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman 3, The Division 2, Days Gone, Overwatch, Grand Theft Auto V and Civilization 6. A long middle band of 36 titles sits at the minimum tier only: Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, PUBG, Metro Exodus and Doom Eternal all list the chip above their minimum but below their recommended CPU requirement. Eighteen games ask for more processor than this, among them Starfield, Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, Fortnite and Counter-Strike 2. These verdicts are CPU-only — actual playability depends on the laptop's GPU and RAM, and these machines pair the chip with entry-level discrete graphics at best.

Laptops that carry it

The matched roster is 2016–2017 professional hardware. Lenovo's ThinkPad T470p ($319) is the classic carrier; Dell's Latitude 5480 ($184) and 5580 ($159) cover the business side, and the Precision 3520 ($246) and Precision 7720 ($390) the workstation end. The laptops around it typically show a median best CPU score of 49.4 and office comfort of 75, and — counting their graphics too — they clear the recommended bar in a median of 13 games, a sign some carry useful discrete GPUs.

Bottom line

The Core i5-7440HQ is honest mid-tier value in 2026: a true 45 W quad-core in a $159–$390 used business laptop, strong for office and multi-tab work, and capable on the older end of the game catalog at recommended CPU settings. Modern heavy titles outgrow it — eighteen already do — and the HD 630 integrated graphics means the discrete GPU on the specific machine decides real frame rates. For a durable work laptop at used prices, it remains a sensible pick.