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Is the Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.6 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 65 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) i5-3470S CPU @ 2.90GHz, Intel Core i5-3470S CPU @ 2.90GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2012
CPUmark/$Price: 24.35
Overall Rank:
2426th fastest in multithreading out of 5448 CPUs
2000th fastest in single threading out of 5448 CPUs
653rd fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $179.88 USD (2025-03-10)
| Integer Math | 13,917 MOps/Sec |
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| Floating Point Math | 10,155 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 27 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 8,395 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,110 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 68,550 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 368 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,331 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,882 MOps/Sec |
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$323.02 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,565 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,410 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,959 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,148 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,847 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,520 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,116 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,687 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,651 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz | 4,380 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 268.39 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 170.82 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 144.83 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 142.62 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 127.60 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 102.19 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 47.80 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz | 24.35 | |
| 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 | 4,698 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,602 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,892 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,834 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,485 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,916 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz | 1,882 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3022407 - Nov 02 2025 | 4536 | |
| BL3015718 - Oct 30 2025 | 4419 | |
| BL3015353 - Oct 30 2025 | 4684 | |
| BL3006314 - Oct 26 2025 | 950 | |
| BL3005644 - Oct 26 2025 | 4517 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz | 4,380 | |
| Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,933 (+12.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,665 (+6.5%) | |
| AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,223 (-3.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,099 (-6.4%) | |
| AMD A10-7850K APU vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 3,392 (-22.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670S @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 5,252 (+19.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4570S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 5,015 (+14.5%) | |
| Intel Core i3-4340 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 3,490 (-20.3%) | |
| Intel Core i3-4330 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 3,487 (-20.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3550S @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,442 (+1.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,971 (+13.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,513 (+3.0%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,412 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,134 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,252 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,803 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,506 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,497 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,271 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,623 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,495 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,487 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,417 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz | 571 |
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