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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: 24.43
Overall Rank:
2288th fastest in multithreading out of 5272 CPUs
1887th fastest in single threading out of 5272 CPUs
630th fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $179.88 USD (2025-03-10)
| Integer Math | 13,970 MOps/Sec |
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| Floating Point Math | 10,202 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 27 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 8,440 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,111 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 68,785 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 370 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,334 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,885 MOps/Sec |
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Lenovo ThinkCentre M92z 3291D6U All-in-One Computer - Intel Core i5 i5-3470S 2.9GHz - Desktop - Business Black |
$399.00 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,622 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,009 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,431 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,146 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,859 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,494 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,155 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,702 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,654 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,149 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz | 4,394 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 229.63 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 178.86 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 162.54 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.62 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 135.07 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.18 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 45.50 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz | 24.43 | |
| 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 i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,014 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,898 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,478 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,920 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz | 1,885 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2755671 - Jul 11 2025 | 3899 | |
| BL2755648 - Jul 11 2025 | 4613 | |
| BL2754198 - Jul 10 2025 | 4236 | |
| BL2753114 - Jul 10 2025 | 4008 | |
| BL2751392 - Jul 09 2025 | 4226 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz | 4,394 | |
| Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,105 (-6.6%) | |
| AMD A10-7850K APU vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 3,384 (-23.0%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670S @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 5,247 (+19.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4570S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 5,018 (+14.2%) | |
| Intel Core i3-4330 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 3,475 (-20.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3550S @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,401 (+0.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,110 (-6.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,968 (+13.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 4,508 (+2.6%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1090T vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 3,801 (-13.5%) | |
| AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 3,541 (-19.4%) | |
| AMD A10-9700 vs Intel Core i5-3470S | 3,535 (-19.5%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,430 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,145 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,282 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,836 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,566 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,475 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,880 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,798 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,620 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,530 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,467 | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz | 573 |
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