AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i5-3470

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 97.99
$ 119.40 significantly less expensive
$ 217.39

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points
113% significantly better overall score
2020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points
57% significantly better gaming score
3714 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points
146% significantly better multitasking score
1543 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
148% significantly better heavy workload score
1482 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3469 points
28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2692 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points
246% significantly higher Blender score
30.09 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points
164% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1862 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
620 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points
157% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1843 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
622 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
12% 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

95 W
77 W
23% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089
712th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
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

-
No

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i5-3470 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1600X 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3470. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-3470. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3470. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3470. The Core i5-3470 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600X thanks to a 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 Ryzen 5 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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