Intel Core i5-3470 vs Intel Core i3-4160

Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2012
Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Core i3-4160
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Core i3-4160

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    114%
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    108%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    137%
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3470

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 37% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4160

8% 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 i5-3470

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3470

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i3-4160
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
TXT
AES-NI
AVX2
Hyper-Threading
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i3-4160
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateJun 2012vsJul 2014

Cores

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i3-4160
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2500vsIntel HD 4400

Cache

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i3-4160
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 i3-4160
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp67°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size132mm²vs177mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i3-4160
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP77 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3708 points
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    4032 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    13184 points
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    9676 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    9192
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    6647

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3142
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    3417

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    10006
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    7278

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    2894
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    3151

points - higher is better