Intel Pentium G860 vs Intel Core i5-3470

Intel Pentium G860
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2011
Intel Pentium G860
Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2012
Intel Core i5-3470

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G860
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    183%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G860
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    126%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G860
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    221%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G860

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3470

Much higher single threaded performance (around 26% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 121% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 83% higher average synthetic performance.

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 Pentium G860Intel Core i5-3470
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
VT-d
TXT

Architecture

Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i5-3470
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateSep 2011vsJun 2012

Cores

Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i5-3470
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i5-3470
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i5-3470
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size131mm²vs132mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i5-3470
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G860
    3000 points
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3708 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G860
    6000 points
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    13184 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Pentium G860
    3065
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    6179

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Pentium G860
    3964
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    5006

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Pentium G860
    7695
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    17192

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G860
    1.2
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    1.51

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G860
    2.34
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    5.57

points - higher is better