Intel Core i5-3470 vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2012
Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2015
Intel Core i7-6700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    157%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    142%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    170%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3470

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700K

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 70% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 57% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-6700K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6700K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i7-6700K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
TXT
AES-NI
AVX2
HTT
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i7-6700K
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameIvy BridgevsSkylake
Release DateJun 2012vsAug 2015

Cores

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i7-6700K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2500vsHD Graphics 530

Cache

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i7-6700K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i7-6700K
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp67°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12Cvs
Die Size132mm²vsunknown
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-3470Intel Core i7-6700K
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP77 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3708 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4830 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    13184 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    22264 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    9192
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    17181

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3142
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4980

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    10006
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    19391

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    2894
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4422

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    6179
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    9037

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    5006
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    6487

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    17192
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    25817

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    1.51
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    1.97

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-3470
    5.57
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    9.65

points - higher is better