Intel Core i7-6560U vs Intel Core i5-3470S

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 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

1024 points
1864 points
82% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1896 points
3436 points
81% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

786 points
1423 points
81% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

757 points
1365 points
80% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

22.31 points
28.42 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1747 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

933 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
606 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2113 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1722 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1011 points
69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
598 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
2.9 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

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

941st of 1,089
748th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
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

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-6560U vs Core i5-3470S comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3470S beats the Core i7-6560U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6560U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-3470S has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-6560U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3470S has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6560U. Also, the Core i5-3470S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6560U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3470S 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 i7-6560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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