Intel Core i5-3450S vs Intel Core i3-4370

Intel Core i5-3450S
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i5-3450S
Intel Core i3-4370
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Core i3-4370

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3450S
    102%
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3450S
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    118%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3450S
    121%
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3450S

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 21% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4370

18% higher single threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i5-3450S

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3450S

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-3450SIntel Core i3-4370
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
AVX2
Hyper-Threading
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Core i5-3450SIntel Core i3-4370
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateApr 2012vsJul 2014

Cores

Intel Core i5-3450SIntel Core i3-4370
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2500vsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Core i5-3450SIntel Core i3-4370
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-3450SIntel Core i3-4370
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp69°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size160mm²vs177mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-3450SIntel Core i3-4370
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock3500 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3450S
    3605 points
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    4256 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3450S
    11536 points
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    10214 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3450S
    8872
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    7137

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3450S
    3040
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    3688

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3450S
    9286
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    7818

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3450S
    2910
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    3376

points - higher is better