AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i5-3470

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop 8 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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$ 184.99
$ 32.40 slightly less expensive
$ 217.39

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7430 points
267% significantly better overall score
2020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8722 points
134% significantly better gaming score
3714 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7004 points
353% significantly better multitasking score
1543 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6877 points
364% significantly better heavy workload score
1482 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6694 points
148% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2692 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.94 points
554% significantly higher Blender score
30.09 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8659 points
365% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1862 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1948 points
214% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
620 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8946 points
385% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1843 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2013 points
223% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
622 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
300% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
27% 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

168th of 1,089
712th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 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 7 5700G vs Core i5-3470 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700G performs better 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 7 5700G has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3470. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-3470. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3470. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3470. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700G 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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