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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: 26.15
Overall Rank:
2371st fastest in multithreading out of 5476 CPUs
1917th fastest in single threading out of 5476 CPUs
639th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $178.34 USD (2025-12-05)
| Integer Math | 14,807 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 10,849 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 28 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 8,966 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,190 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 73,123 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 377 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,547 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,933 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $102.79 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
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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 |
$170.00 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,544 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,362 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,953 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,146 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,845 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,538 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,109 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,685 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 4,663 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 264.00 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 167.50 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 159.58 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 133.36 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 114.26 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 106.11 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 53.74 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 26.15 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,696 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,601 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,890 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,487 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,915 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 1,933 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3102547 - Dec 03 2025 | 3758 | |
| BL3102508 - Dec 03 2025 | 4903 | |
| BL3101114 - Dec 02 2025 | 4865 | |
| BL3101110 - Dec 02 2025 | 4146 | |
| BL3100899 - Dec 02 2025 | 4227 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 4,663 | |
| Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,933 (+5.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,374 (-6.2%) | |
| AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,225 (-9.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,100 (-12.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670S @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 5,252 (+12.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4570S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 5,017 (+7.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 5,689 (+22.0%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3550S @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,442 (-4.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 4,516 (-3.1%) | |
| AMD A10-9700 vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 3,555 (-23.8%) | |
| AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 3,537 (-24.2%) | |
| AMD Athlon II X4 651 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-3470 | 2,433 (-47.8%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,439 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,126 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,256 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,798 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,509 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,453 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,284 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,270 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,777 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,649 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,484 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,421 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz | 586 |
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