Intel Core i5-3470 vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Core i5-3470 vs Core i7-4700MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4700MQ performs better than the Core i5-3470. Despite this, the Core i5-3470 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4700MQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3470 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700MQ. Also, the Core i5-3470 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4700MQ outputs less heat than Core i5-3470 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-3470 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.