Intel Core i5-3470 Price, Specs & Reviews | TimeToPick

Intel Core i5-3470 Price, Specs & Reviews | TimeToPick

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About This Product

The Intel Core i5-3470 is a 3rd generation Ivy Bridge desktop processor with 4 cores and 4 threads, operating at a base clock of 3.2 GHz and a boost of 3.6 GHz. It is suitable for basic computing tasks and light productivity. For its current price, it offers limited performance compared to modern budget CPUs, which provide significantly better multi-core and integrated graphics capabilities.

Best for: Basic Computing

Pros

Affordable entry-level CPU
Sufficient for basic office tasks
Low power consumption (77W TDP)

Cons

Outdated architecture
Poor gaming performance
No hyper-threading

Verdict
“Only consider for upgrading an existing LGA 1155 system for basic use, not for new builds.”

Performance Benchmarks

Cross-source performance, value, and efficiency at a glance

Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.

Cinebench R23Cinebench 2024Geekbench 6PassMark

Render Workloads

Cinebench R23

Single-Core

68230%

Multi-Core

2,6036%

Next-Gen Scale

Cinebench 2024

Single-Core

00%

Multi-Core

00%

Cross-Platform

Geekbench 6

Single-Core

62119%

Multi-Core

1,8408%

Based on 2,483 user submissions.

Large Sample Pool

PassMark

Overall

4,6627%

Single-Thread

50%

PassMark rank: #2,483

Value & Efficiency

How much output you get per watt and per dollar

These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.

Performance per Watt

33.8 pts/W

Performance per Dollar

61.9 pts/$

Gaming Performance

Real-world FPS snapshots for Core i5-3470

These results come from real submitted gameplay sessions, so the reference GPU matters as much as the CPU itself.

FPS data from real user submissions across various settings

Reference GPU

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

1 game in this sample

Minecraft

Mixed player settings

34 FPS

Playable

Min 25Max 40GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

Popular Comparisons

Most people compare Core i5-3470 with

These pairings are pre-ranked from the comparison engine so readers can jump straight into the most relevant alternatives.

AMD A12-9800 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor

Closest Rival

vs AMD AMD A12-9800 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor

Multi-core 1,979 · $83

"4% better single-core, 32% better multi-core, similar price"

Upgrade Verdict

This is a sidegrade at best, and likely a downgrade in real-world performance for most tasks. The A12-9800 offers little to no CPU improvement over the i5-3470 and would require a new motherboard and RAM, making it a very poor value upgrade.

Compatible Motherboards (0)

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No compatible motherboards are in our catalog yet for this socket.

Compatible RAM (3722)

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Mushkin Blackline 16 GB

2x8GBDDR3-1600

N/A

Mushkin Blackline 16 GB

2x8GBDDR3-2400

N/A

Mushkin Blackline 16 GB

2x8GBDDR3-2400

N/A

Mushkin Blackline 16 GB

2x8GBDDR3-2133

N/A

Compatible CPU Coolers (0)

No compatible CPU coolers are in our catalog yet for this socket.

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