Intel Core i5 3470 vs AMD A6 5200

older Released June, 2012

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i5 3470

	Much higher turbo clock speed 3.6 GHz		Significantly higher clock speed 3.2 GHz
	Newer manufacturing process 22 nms		Has a NX bit Yes

older Released May, 2013

Reasons to buy the AMD A6 5200

	Significantly lower typical power consumption 20.31W		Slightly more l2 cache 2 MB
	Significantly higher Maximum Operating Temperature 90 °C		More l2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core

When comparing the Intel Core i5 3470 and the AMD A6 5200, one thing quickly became obvious and that’s the fact that the Intel core is just better than the competitor by AMD.
Even though the A6 has a much lower power consumption, annual energy cost and a much higher performance-per-watt rating, the i5 just has much more of everything else. To start with: the i5 cores clock at 3.5GHz to the 2GHz of the A6, but not only that. The manufacturing process of the i5 is much newer, which means more refined, and it also has much higher overclock speed on both air and water. The i5 also scores higher on a variety of test and benchmarks.
So the conclusion is, yes, the Intel Core i5 3470 is better than the AMD A6 5200, as the sheet below, and the information in it, confirms.

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 3470 7.2 A6 5200 5.7
3DMark06 (CPU), Passmark and GeekBench

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 3470 8.8 A6 5200 6.5
Passmark (Single Core)

	Power Consumption
	How much power does the processor require?
Core i5 3470 5.1 A6 5200 5.4
TDP

	Value

Core i5 3470 N/A A6 5200 N/A
Performance Per Dollar

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i5 3470

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Much higher turbo clock speed

3.6 GHz

None

Compared to all cpus, 3.6 GHz turbo clock speed is just OK

Significantly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

2 GHz

More than 60% higher clock speed

Newer manufacturing process

22 nms

28 nms

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor

Has a NX bit

Yes

Somewhat common; Prevents a common class of security exploits

Significantly better PassMark (Single core) score

1,906

782

Around 2.5x better PassMark (Single core) score

Significantly better 3DMark06 CPU score

6,179

2,659.5

More than 2.2x better 3DMark06 CPU score

Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air)

3.79 GHz

2 GHz

Around 90% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Better geekbench (64-bit) score

10,024

3,532

More than 2.8x better geekbench (64-bit) score

Better PassMark score

6,607

2,435

Around 2.8x better PassMark score

Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water)

3.2 GHz

2 GHz

More than 60% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Reasons to consider the
AMD A6 5200

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Significantly lower typical power consumption

20.31W

86.05W

4.2x lower typical power consumption

Slightly more l2 cache

2 MB

1 MB

2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

Significantly higher Maximum Operating Temperature

90 °C

67.4 °C

Around 35% higher Maximum Operating Temperature

More l2 cache per core

0.5 MB/core

0.25 MB/core

2x more l2 cache per core

Much lower annual home energy cost

6.02 $/year

31.22 $/year

5.2x lower annual home energy cost

Better performance per watt

13.74 pt/W

7.69 pt/W

Around 80% better performance per watt

Newer

May, 2013

Jun, 2012

Release date 11 months later

Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost

21.9 $/year

84.62 $/year

3.9x lower annual commercial energy cost

GeekBench (32-bit)

Core i5 3470

9,234

A6 5200

3,235

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GeekBench (64-bit)

Core i5 3470

10,024

A6 5200

3,532

browser.primatelabs.com

GeekBench

Core i5 3470

12,141

A6 5200

3,532

3D Mark 06 (CPU)

Core i5 3470

6,179

A6 5200

2,659.5

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Passmark

Core i5 3470

6,607

A6 5200

2,435

Core i5 3470 A6 5200 @ cpubenchmark.net

Passmark (Single Core)

Core i5 3470

1,906

A6 5200

782

cpubenchmark.net

summary	Core i5 3470	A6 5200
Clock speed	3.2 GHz	2 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.6 GHz	None
Cores	Quad core	Quad core
Is unlocked	No	No
Is hyperthreaded	No	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction-set-extensions
MMX
SSE
SSE4.2
AVX
SSE3
SSE2
Supplemental SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4
SSE4a
AES
gpu
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 2500	Radeon™ HD 8400
Latest DirectX	11.0	11.1
GPU clock speed	650 MHz	600 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333

details	Core i5 3470	A6 5200
Threads	4	4
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nms	28 nms
Max CPUs	1	1
Operating temperature	Unknown - 67.4°C	Unknown - 90°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.79 GHz	2 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.2 GHz	2 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.79 GHz	2 GHz
power consumption
TDP	77W	25W
Annual home energy cost	31.22 $/year	6.02 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	84.62 $/year	21.9 $/year
Performance per watt	7.69 pt/W	13.74 pt/W
Typical power consumption	86.05W	20.31W

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Comments

Showing 11 comments.

Raul Alexander (06:24 AM, October 20, 2014)

nuh m8 dont be upset plz

booger (01:05 PM, October 15, 2014)

an APU put out for low end laptops net books and mini-itx subsystems vs a full blown desktop CPU....crackheads comparing mismatches and bragging about results.

szmoker (Homo Trollicus) (07:06 AM, October 14, 2014)

You DO know that it only uses that much power when under load? Otherwise it's about 5-8W for the whole processor package in idle (at least with a 4.0ghz i5-3550) with iGPU on. With dedicated video card, it's less. And it can be easily cooled with a passive air cooler. And, yeah, the performance is... heh, AMD, really?

Raul Alexander (10:26 PM, September 23, 2014)

One thing that you forgot to say Cpuboss is that the AMD processor has a much better Integrated graphics :)

Raul Alexander (10:23 PM, September 23, 2014)

The funny thing is that if the Intel was the less energy consumer it would have won against the AMD like it always does on this page.

Raul Alexander (10:16 PM, September 23, 2014)

Bro are you kidding me? I can run those programs with an Intel Celeron dual core t1400 with Intel 965 express chipset on my laptop! It will run those programs really really good!! expect the best :D i would recommend having at least 4gb of ram to use vegas. i have 2gb and vegas gets laggy sometimes.

Alex Metslov (02:45 PM, May 24, 2014)

I believe, as a home user I can't notice any difference

Carlos Torres (01:39 AM, May 6, 2014)

HEllo, do yu think this processor with amd 8400 video card will run programs such as corel draw, photoshop, vegas?

Guest (11:35 PM, April 18, 2014)

Although I doubt that Intel/MS skewed the reviews, I like the idea that the AMD product is more energy efficient. I've done some side-by-side comparisons and although the clock speeds differ, while doing comparable applications, I could not see any significant difference. I'm probably going to go with AMD this time around although I've zilch against Intel or MS EXCEPT that it irks the blazes out of me that I have to sign into my own machine with 8, 8.1.

Peter (10:57 PM, January 23, 2014)

What about the fact the the MS C++ Compiler deliberately builds more effective code when it detects GenuineIntel processes? Very bias article probably indirectly funded my Intel/MS.

Alex Metslov (11:57 PM, December 28, 2013)

So... I believe for everyday home use in this case - AMD is clear winner! And with that power consumption AMD will last... and last... and last... and last....

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