Intel Core i5-3570 Price, Specs & Reviews | TimeToPick

Intel Core i5-3570 Price, Specs & Reviews | TimeToPick

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About This Product

The Intel Core i5-3570 is a 3rd generation Ivy Bridge desktop processor with 4 cores and 4 threads, operating at a base clock of 3.4 GHz and a boost clock of 3.8 GHz. It is suitable for basic computing tasks and light gaming at 720p or 1080p with a dedicated GPU. For its current price, it offers performance comparable to other entry-level used CPUs from the same era, but newer budget CPUs offer significantly better performance per dollar.

Best for: Budget Legacy Builds

Pros

Adequate for basic office and web use
Low power consumption (77W TDP)
Affordable for legacy system upgrades
Integrated Intel HD Graphics 2500

Cons

Outdated architecture, limited performance
No hyper-threading support
Struggles with modern games and applications

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

73132%

Multi-Core

2,7806%

Next-Gen Scale

Cinebench 2024

Single-Core

00%

Multi-Core

00%

Cross-Platform

Geekbench 6

Single-Core

65520%

Multi-Core

1,9259%

Based on 1,133 user submissions.

Large Sample Pool

PassMark

Overall

4,9318%

Single-Thread

50%

PassMark rank: #2,431

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

36.1 pts/W

Performance per Dollar

44.1 pts/$

Gaming Performance

Real-world FPS snapshots for Core i5-3570

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 GTX 1060 3GB

1 game in this sample

Minecraft

Mixed player settings

40 FPS

Playable

Min 21Max 46GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Reference GPU

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

1 game in this sample

Euro Truck Simulator 2

Mixed player settings

34 FPS

Playable

Min 19Max 35GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Popular Comparisons

Most people compare Core i5-3570 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

"12% better single-core, 40% better multi-core, $12 more expensive"

Upgrade Verdict

This would be a sidegrade at best, and likely a downgrade in many scenarios. The A12-9800 offers similar core/thread counts but generally weaker per-core performance than the i5-3570. Considering the platform change (1155 to AM4) and minimal performance uplift, it's not worth the cost or effort.

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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