Intel Core i5-3470 vs Intel Core i3-3220

Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2012
Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Core i3-3220
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i3-3220

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    143%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    113%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    167%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3470

13% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 67% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 43% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3220

None

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

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i3-3220
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
TXT
AES-NI
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i3-3220
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateJun 2012vsSep 2012

Cores

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i3-3220
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2500vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i3-3220
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i3-3220
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp67°Cvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size132mm²vs94mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i3-3220
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP77 Wvs55 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3708 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    3399 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    13184 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    8157 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    9192
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    5325

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3142
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    2685

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    10006
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    5706

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    2894
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    2466

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    6179
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    4019

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    5006
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    4626

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    17192
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    10193

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    1.51
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    1.38

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    5.57
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    3.31

points - higher is better