AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-3470

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 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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$ 79.99

$ 137.40 significantly less expensive

$ 217.39

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

13% slightly better overall score

2020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

13% slightly better gaming score

3714 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

1543 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

1482 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points

0.97% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2692 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

30.09 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1862 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

620 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1843 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

60% 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

3.1 GHz

3.2 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

712th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i5-3470 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 1200 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3470 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the Core i5-3470 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1200 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.