Intel Core i5-5200U vs Intel Core i5-3470

Core i5-5200U vs Core i5-3470 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3470 beats the Core i5-5200U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5200U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-3470 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-5200U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3470 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5200U. Also, the Core i5-3470 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-5200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3470 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. Indeed, the Core i5-5200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.