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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: 84.75
Overall Rank:
2446th fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
1979th fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
651st fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $55.00 USD (2025-12-20)
| Integer Math | 14,790 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 10,843 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 28 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 8,954 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,191 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 73,089 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 376 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,547 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,932 MOps/Sec |
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Dell OptiPlex 7010 i5-3470 Desktop PC - 462-3507, Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz, 320GB HDD, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit |
$198.40 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,451 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,284 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,940 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,704 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,843 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,582 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,084 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,678 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,642 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,132 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 4,661 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.53 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 130.23 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.63 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.40 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.87 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.93 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 84.75 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.60 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,694 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,600 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,365 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,914 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 1,932 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3284005 - Feb 13 2026 | 4388 | |
| BL3283780 - Feb 13 2026 | 4170 | |
| BL3282887 - Feb 13 2026 | 4383 | |
| BL3282368 - Feb 12 2026 | 4934 | |
| BL3279414 - Feb 11 2026 | 4913 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 4,661 | |
| Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,929 (+5.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,323 (-7.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 5,583 (+19.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 5,484 (+17.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4570 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 5,234 (+12.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3570S @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,689 (+0.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2550K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,228 (-9.3%) | |
| AMD FX-6120 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 3,868 (-17.0%) | |
| AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 3,695 (-20.7%) | |
| AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 2,993 (-35.8%) | |
| AMD A8-5500 APU vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 2,618 (-43.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4590 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 5,377 (+15.3%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 14,501 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,433 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,123 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,794 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,518 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,380 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,196 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,779 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,775 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 585 |
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