AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Core i5-3470

AMD FX-6300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-6300
Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2012
Intel Core i5-3470

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    132%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    142%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    123%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6300

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3470

Much higher single threaded performance (around 42% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 23% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-6300.
Around 32% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-3470

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3470

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-3470

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3470

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i5-3470
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
TXT
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i5-3470
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsIvy Bridge
Release DateOct 2012vsJun 2012

Cores

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i5-3470
Cores6vs4
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2500

Cache

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i5-3470
L1 Cache288 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache6144 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i5-3470
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs132mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i5-3470
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6300
    2501 points
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3708 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6300
    10504 points
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    13184 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    7392
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    9192

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    2269
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3142

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    8207
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    10006

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    1974
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    2894

points - higher is better