Intel Core i5-3470 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 217.39
$ 168.75 significantly less expensive
$ 386.14

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2020 points
10011 points
395% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3714 points
11884 points
219% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1543 points
9348 points
505% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1482 points
9142 points
516% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2692 points
8010 points
197% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.09 points
263.24 points
774% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1843 points
15051 points
716% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

622 points
2723 points
337% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
4.20 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
5 GHz
38% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W
55% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

712th of 1,089
88th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR5

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-3470 vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is faster than the Core i5-3470. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3470 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-3470 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3470. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3470. Also, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3470 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-3470 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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