AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i5-3470

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series 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

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$ 140.99
$ 76.40 significantly less expensive
$ 217.39

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
203% significantly better overall score
2020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
123% significantly better gaming score
3714 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
253% significantly better multitasking score
1543 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
256% significantly better heavy workload score
1482 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5522 points
105% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2692 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
387% significantly higher Blender score
30.09 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points
306% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1862 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points
204% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
620 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
316% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1843 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
210% 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

3.9 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
22% 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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089
712th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
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 5600G vs Core i5-3470 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600G 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-3470 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3470. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3470. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600G 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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