AMD FX-8320 vs Intel Core i5-3470

Compare AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 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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$ 104.04

$ 113.35 significantly less expensive

$ 217.39

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2534 points

25% slightly better overall score

2020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3698 points

3714 points

0.43% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2159 points

39% slightly better multitasking score

1543 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2072 points

39% slightly better heavy workload score

1482 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2853 points

5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2692 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.97 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

30.09 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1814 points

1862 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

461 points

620 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1791 points

1843 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

458 points

622 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.5 GHz

9% 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

125 W

77 W

62% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

620th of 1,089

712th of 1,089

Family

The product line

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

FX-8320 vs Core i5-3470 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the FX-8320 beats the Core i5-3470 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3470 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the FX-8320 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3470. The Core i5-3470 outputs less heat than FX-8320 thanks to a 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. Indeed, the FX-8320 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.