Intel Core i5 3450S 

Released April, 2012
  • 2.8 GHz
  • Quad core
7.5 Out of 10

CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Intel Core i5 3450S among desktop CPUs (45 to 75W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 3450S
10.0
A6 3600
5.9
Core i3 3240
8.5
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 3450S
9.2
A6 3600
3.3
Core i3 3240
6.9
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i5 3450S
n.d.
A6 3600
n.d.
Core i3 3240
n.d.
Fire Strike

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i5 3450S
4.0
A6 3600
7.9
Core i3 3240
4.1
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i5 3450S
7.0
A6 3600
5.5
Core i3 3240
6.9
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i5 3450S
n.d.
A6 3600
n.d.
Core i3 3240
n.d.
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
7.5

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Core i5 3450S
7.5
A6 3600
5.6
Core i3 3240
6.6

Benchmarks Real world tests of the Intel Core i5 3450S

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 3450S
3.55 mHash/s
Core i3 3240
4.06 mHash/s
A6 3600
n.d.

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 3450S
0.81 fps
A6 3600
n.d.
Core i3 3240
n.d.

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 3450S
2,471
Core i3 3240
2,269
A6 3600
n.d.

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 3450S
1,133
A6 3600
1,668
Core i3 3240
943

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 3450S
3,546
Core i3 3240
2,664
A6 3600
3,493

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3450S
9,076
A6 3600
3,717
Core i3 3240
5,507

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3450S
3,003
A6 3600
1,153
Core i3 3240
2,516

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3450S
2,460,000 MB/s
A6 3600
90,200 MB/s
Core i3 3240
177,600 MB/s

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Clock speed 2.8 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.5 GHz
Cores Quad core
Socket type LGA 1155
Is unlocked No

features

Has a NX bit Yes
Supports trusted computing No
Has virtualization support Yes
Instruction set extensions
  1. MMX
  2. AES
  3. SSE
  4. SSE2
  5. SSE4.1
  6. SSE3
  7. Supplemental SSE3
  8. SSE4.2
  9. AVX
  10. SSE4
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes

power consumption

TDP 65W
Annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year
Performance per watt 8.56 pt/W
Typical power consumption 52.81W

memory controller

Memory controller Built-in
Memory type
  1. DDR3-1600
  2. DDR3-1333
  3. DDR3
Channels Dual Channel
Supports ECC No
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB

details

Architecture x86-64
Threads 4 threads
L2 cache 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 6 MB
L3 cache per core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm
Transistor count 1,400,000,000
Max CPUs 1
Clock multiplier 28
Voltage range Unknown - UnknownV
Operating temperature Unknown - 69.1°C

overclocking

Overclock popularity 0
Overclocked clock speed 3.62 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.8 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.62 GHz

integrated graphics

GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 2500
Latest DirectX 11.0
Number of displays supported 3
GPU clock speed 650 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,100 MHz

bus

Architecture DMI 2.0
Number of links 1
Data rate 2,560 MB/s
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s
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