Intel Core i5-3470 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Core i5-3470 vs Xeon E5-2420 v2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 performs better than the Core i5-3470. Despite this, the Core i5-3470 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3470. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-3470. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3470. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3470 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Also, the Core i5-3470 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3470 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 v2 CPU because of its slightly 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.