Intel Core i5-4670K vs Intel Core i5-3470

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 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

$ 125.00
$ 92.39 significantly less expensive
$ 217.39

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2369 points
17% slightly better overall score
2020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4349 points
17% slightly better gaming score
3714 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1811 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
1543 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1739 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
1482 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3189 points
18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2692 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

49.53 points
64% significantly higher Blender score
30.09 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3533 points
89% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1862 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
100% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
620 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3701 points
100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1843 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1301 points
109% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
622 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.40 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W
77 W
9% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

648th of 1,089
712th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-4670K vs Core i5-3470 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4670K beats the Core i5-3470 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3470 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4670K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3470. Also, the Core i5-4670K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-3470 outputs less heat than Core i5-4670K thanks to a slightly 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 i5-4670K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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