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| Intel Core i5 3470 vs i3 3240 |
Released June, 2012
Intel Core i5 3470
- 3.2 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i5 3470
![]() | Much better turbo clock speed 1,100 MHz | ![]() | More cores 4 |
![]() | Supports trusted computing Yes | ![]() | Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.67 GHz |
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Released September, 2012
Intel Core i3 3240
- 3.4 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the i3 3240
![]() | Much lower typical power consumption 44.69W | ![]() | Higher clock speed 3.4 GHz |
![]() | Much more l2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core | ![]() | Much lower annual home energy cost 13.25 $/year |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Much better turbo clock speed | 1,100 MHz | vs | 1,050 MHz | Around 5% better turbo clock speed | |||
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More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
Better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.67 GHz | vs | 3.5 GHz | Around 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Higher Maximum operating temperature | 67.4 °C | vs | 65.3 °C | Around 5% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.09 GHz | vs | 3.5 GHz | More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Much lower typical power consumption | 44.69W | vs | 86.05W | Around 50% lower typical power consumption | |||
Higher clock speed | 3.4 GHz | vs | 3.2 GHz | More than 5% higher clock speed | |||
Much more l2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
Much lower annual home energy cost | 13.25 $/year | vs | 31.22 $/year | 2.4x lower annual home energy cost | |||
Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 48.18 $/year | vs | 84.62 $/year | Around 45% lower annual commercial energy cost |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i5 3470 vs i3 3240
CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench
Core i5 3470
3.08 mHash/s
Core i3 3240
4.06 mHash/s
CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)
Core i5 3470
4.6 mPixels/s
Core i3 3240
4.27 mPixels/s
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark
Core i5 3470
2,580
Core i3 3240
2,269
Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark
Core i5 3470
1,055
Core i3 3240
943
Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark
Core i5 3470
3,118
Core i3 3240
2,664
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 3470
9,436
Core i3 3240
5,507
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 3470
2,983
Core i3 3240
2,516
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 3470
2,470,000 MB/s
Core i3 3240
177,600 MB/s
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i5 3470 | vs | i3 3240 |
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Clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.4 GHz | |
Cores | Quad core | Dual core | |
Socket type | |||
LGA 1155 | |||
Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Supports trusted computing | Yes | No | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE2 | |||
MMX | |||
SSE4 | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 77W | 55W | |
Annual home energy cost | 31.22 $/year | 13.25 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 84.62 $/year | 48.18 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 4.41 pt/W | 2.67 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 86.05W | 44.69W | |
bus | |||
Architecture | DMI 2.0 | DMI | |
Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s |
details | Core i5 3470 | vs | i3 3240 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 4 | 4 | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 6 MB | 3 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 1.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 22 nm | 22 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Clock multiplier | 32 | 34 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 67.4°C | Unknown - 65.3°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclock popularity | 22 | 1 | |
Overclocked clock speed | 3.67 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.09 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.67 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | GPU | GPU | |
Label | Intel® HD Graphics 2500 | Intel® HD Graphics 2500 | |
Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 | |
GPU clock speed | 650 MHz | 650 MHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 1,100 MHz | 1,050 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1600 | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3 | |||
Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
Supports ECC | No | No | |
Maximum bandwidth | 25,600 MB/s | 25,600 MB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 32,768 MB | 32,768 MB |
Intel Core i5 3470 ![]() | Intel Core i3 3240 ![]() |
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