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Is the Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.6 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 77 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, Intel Core i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2012
CPUmark/$Price: 81.27
Overall Rank:
2140th fastest in multithreading out of 5121 CPUs
1720th fastest in single threading out of 5121 CPUs
602nd fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $57.47 USD (2025-05-17)
| Integer Math | 14,856 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 10,879 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 28 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 9,026 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,188 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 73,267 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 378 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,548 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,937 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $57.47 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
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Dell OPTIPLEX 7010 TWR Intel I5 3470 3.2GHz 8GB 1TB W10 PRO (Certified REFURNISHED) |
$265.00 (www.amazon.com)
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HP Compaq Elite 8300 SFF - Intel Core I5 3470 3.2Ghz, 8GB Ram, 500GB HDD, Windows 10 Professional |
$177.15 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,695 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,314 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,033 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,137 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,863 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,475 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,175 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,709 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,658 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 4,670 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 184.13 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 178.69 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 161.95 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 148.60 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.22 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 81.27 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.93 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,611 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,140 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,478 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 1,937 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2628330 - May 16 2025 | 4688 | |
| BL2626982 - May 15 2025 | 4932 | |
| BL2625819 - May 15 2025 | 3498 | |
| BL2624699 - May 14 2025 | 4892 | |
| BL2624317 - May 14 2025 | 4352 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 4,670 | |
| Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,941 (+5.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,299 (-8.0%) | |
| AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,220 (-9.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 5,575 (+19.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 5,505 (+17.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3570S @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,661 (-0.2%) | |
| AMD FX-6120 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 3,909 (-16.3%) | |
| AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 3,694 (-20.9%) | |
| AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 2,991 (-36.0%) | |
| AMD A8-5600K APU vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 2,863 (-38.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 5,705 (+22.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 5,574 (+19.3%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,497 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,157 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,325 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,848 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,597 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,513 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,285 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,812 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,679 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,523 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,489 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,416 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 587 |
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