Intel Core i5-9400F vs Intel Core i5-3470

Intel Core i5-9400F
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2019
Intel Core i5-9400F
Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2012
Intel Core i5-3470

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-9400F

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3470

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-9400F.

Intel Core i5-9400F

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-9400F

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-9400F

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-9400F

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-3470
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-3470
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameCoffee LakevsIvy Bridge
Release DateJan 2019vsJun 2012

Cores

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-3470
Cores6vs4
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-3470
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache9MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-3470
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp72°Cvs67°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs132mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-3470
Cpu Frequency2900 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    4920 points
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3708 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    20880 points
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    13184 points

Points - higher is better