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    Intel Core i5-3470 vs Intel Pentium G3250

    Intel Core i5-3470
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2012
    Intel Core i5-3470
    Intel Pentium G3250
    Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
    Intel Pentium G3250

    Summary

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3470

    Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

    Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3250

    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    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 Pentium G3250
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    VT-d
    TXT
    AES-NI
    CLMUL
    FMA3

    Architecture

    Intel Core i5-3470Intel Pentium G3250
    ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameIvy BridgevsHaswell
    Release DateJun 2012vsJul 2014

    Cores

    Intel Core i5-3470Intel Pentium G3250
    Cores4vs2
    Threads4vs2
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2500vsIntel HD (Haswell)

    Cache

    Intel Core i5-3470Intel Pentium G3250
    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 Pentium G3250
    SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
    Max Case Temp67°Cvs72°C
    PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size132mm²vs177mm²
    Process22 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    Intel Core i5-3470Intel Pentium G3250
    Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3200 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 Pentium G3250
      3584 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i5-3470
      13184 points
    • Intel Pentium G3250
      7168 points

    Points - higher is better

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