Intel Core i5-3470S vs Intel Core i7-975

Core i5-3470S vs Core i7-975 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-975 performs better than the Core i5-3470S. Despite this, the Core i5-3470S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-975 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-975 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3470S. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i5-3470S CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-975 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-3470S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.