Intel Core i5-6500T vs Intel Core i5-3470

Compare Intel 6th 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1700 points

2020 points

18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points

3714 points

15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points

1543 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points

1482 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points

51% significantly higher Blender score

30.09 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1862 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points

61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

620 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1843 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

622 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.2 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3.6 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

120% significantly lower TDP

77 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

775th of 1,089

712th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500T vs Core i5-3470 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3470 beats the Core i5-6500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3470 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500T. Also, the Core i5-3470 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6500T 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.

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 i5-6500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.