Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs Intel Core i5-3470

Compare Intel 7th 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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Intel Core i5-3470

Price

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$ 1738.00

$ 217.39

$ 1520.61 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2070 points

2% slightly better overall score

2020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3797 points

2% slightly better gaming score

3714 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1588 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

1543 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1528 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

1482 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2855 points

6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2692 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

39.14 points

30% slightly higher Blender score

30.09 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2896 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1862 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1058 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

620 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3044 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1843 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1119 points

79% 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

3.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

71% 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

708th of 1,089

712th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7300HQ vs Core i5-3470 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-7300HQ performs better than the Core i5-3470. 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3470 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7300HQ. Also, the Core i5-3470 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7300HQ 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. For instance, the Core i5-7300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.