Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Core i5-3470

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 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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$ 122.39

$ 95.00 significantly less expensive

$ 217.39

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3117 points

54% significantly better overall score

2020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4991 points

34% slightly better gaming score

3714 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2559 points

65% significantly better multitasking score

1543 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2457 points

65% significantly better heavy workload score

1482 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2828 points

5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2692 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.31 points

130% significantly higher Blender score

30.09 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4052 points

117% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1862 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1252 points

101% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

620 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4207 points

128% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1843 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1320 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

622 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

18% slightly 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

523rd of 1,089

712th 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

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700 vs Core i5-3470 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700 is faster than the Core i5-3470. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3470 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-6700 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3470. Also, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3470 CPU because of its slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.