Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i5-3470S

Core i7-12700 vs Core i5-3470S benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700 performs better than the Core i5-3470S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3470S in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3470S. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-3470S. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3470S. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3470S. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.