- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Differences Technical showdown
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Features How they compare
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- Intel Core i5 3470
- Intel Core i5 3210M
- Intel Core i5 2450M
- Intel Core i5 3317U
- Intel Core i3 3217U
- 2.1 GHz
- Dual core
Released May, 2012
Conclusion Which is better for you?
 | Performance | ||
Overall performance using all cores | |||
| Core i5 3470S |
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| A6 4455M |
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| Ingredients: GeekBench | |||
 | Single-core Performance | ||
Performance of an individual core | |||
| Core i5 3470S |
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| A6 4455M |
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| Ingredients: Cinebench R10 32-bit (1-core), Passmark (Single Core) and x264 HD 4.0 (Pass 2) | |||
 | Power Consumption | ||
How much power does the processor require? | |||
| Core i5 3470S |
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| A6 4455M |
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| Ingredients: TDP | |||
 | Value | ||
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| Core i5 3470S |
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| A6 4455M |
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| Ingredients: Performance Per Dollar | |||
No winner declared
We don't have enough data yet to properly compare these processors
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the AMD A6 4455M
| Significantly higher turbo clock speed | 3.6 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz |
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| Around 40% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| Higher clock speed | 2.9 GHz | vs | 2.1 GHz |
| Around 40% higher clock speed | |||
| Newer manufacturing process | 22 nms | vs | 32 nms |
| A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| More l3 cache | 6 MB | vs | 1 MB |
| 6x more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
| Better GeekBench score | 8,116 | vs | 2,812 |
| Around 3x better GeekBench score | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 2 |
| Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Significantly more l3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core |
| 3x more l3 cache per core | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 2 |
| Twice as many threads | |||
Advantages compared to the Intel Core i5 3470S
| More l2 cache | 2 MB | vs | 1 MB |
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| 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core |
| 4x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Lower typical power consumption | 13.81W | vs | 52.81W |
| 3.8x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Significantly higher Maximum Operating Temperature | 100 °C | vs | 69.1 °C |
| More than 40% higher Maximum Operating Temperature | |||
| Lower annual commercial energy cost | 14.89 $/year | vs | 56.94 $/year |
| 3.8x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Lower annual home energy cost | 4.1 $/year | vs | 15.66 $/year |
| 3.8x lower annual home energy cost | |||
Performance Real world tests of Intel Core i5 3470S vs AMD A6 4455M
Features Key features of the Intel Core i5 3470S compared to the AMD A6 4455M
Reviews Word on the street
Intel Core i5 3470S | AMD A6 4455M |
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Intel Core i5 3470 High clock speed |
 | 2 | Intel Core i5 3210M 4-way tie: High Maximum Operating Temperature |
 | 3 | Intel Core i5 2450M Quite good turbo clock speed |
 | 4 | Intel Core i5 3317U Good performance per watt |
 | 5 | Intel Core i3 3217U 4-way tie: Low typical power consumption |
 | 6 | Intel Core i5 3230M Newest on the market |
 | 7 | Intel Pentium 2020M 6-way tie: Low GPU clock speed |
 | 8 | Intel Pentium 2117U 4-way tie: Low typical power consumption |
