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Intel Core i5 3570
CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i5 3570 based on its .
See full details| | Intel Core i5 3570 vs 3470 |
| | Higher turbo clock speed 3.8 GHz | | Higher clock speed 3.4 GHz |
| | Better turbo clock speed 1,150 MHz | | Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.09 GHz |
| | Lower typical power consumption 86.05W | | Lower annual home energy cost 31.22 $/year |
| | Lower annual commercial energy cost 84.62 $/year |
Buying computer parts is tricky; you really have to do your research in order to get the best value possible. It’s even trickier when comparing two models within the same generation: should you get the base model, or the higher one? For this matchup, we’re comparing two desktop Core i5 processors: the Intel Core i5 3570 versus the Intel Core i5 3470. Which is the better value?
The 3570 is part of the i5 line, which is Intel’s mainstream Quad Core offering. It’s geared towards delivering amazing performance with a boost. It has a clock speed of 3.4 GHz, with 4 threads, 6MB cache, and consumes 77W TDP power. Even better, it comes with Turbo Boost technology which gives an automatic speed burst of up to 3.8 GHz for demanding applications.
Essentially similar is the 3470, but it’s the lower specced i5 chip as evident in the lower model number. It has the very same Quad Core specs, the only difference is in the clock speed: it’s clocked lower at 3.2 GHz, and Turbo Boosts up to 3.6 GHz only. Specifications aside, how do they fare in terms of real world performance?
Benchmarks show that the 3570 leads by a significant margin. Even though the single core test shows that core performance is just 4.3% better, the impact is more apparent in overall system benchmarks: by 6% in 3DMark11 physics, by 7% in GeekBench 32-bit, and up to a staggering 30% in the GeekBench 64-bit benchmark. Consider that even a 10% margin is standard when comparing two processors which are a generation apart.
In conclusion, the Core i5 is a good chip for gaming, rendering videos, and other tasks which require mainstream Quad Core performance. To get the best value possible, we recommend investing in the improved performance of the Intel Core i5 3570, which is worth every penny.
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| Core i5 3570 7.3 Core i5 3470 7.2 | |
| Passmark, GeekBench (32-bit) and GeekBench (64-bit) | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| Core i5 3570 9.3 Core i5 3470 9.1 | |
| Passmark (Single Core) | |
Overclocking | |
How much speed can you get out of the processor? | |
| Core i5 3570 6.8 Core i5 3470 6.7 | |
| Unlocked, Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 2 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Core i5 3570 6.9 Core i5 3470 7.0 | |
| Performance Per Dollar | |
CPUBoss Score | |
Performance, Single-core Performance, Overclocking and Value | |
| Core i5 3570 8.1 Core i5 3470 7.9 | |
Intel Core i5 3570CPUBoss Winner | | |
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| Higher turbo clock speed | 3.8 GHz | vs | 3.6 GHz | More than 5% higher turbo clock speed | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 3.4 GHz | vs | 3.2 GHz | More than 5% higher clock speed | |||
| Better turbo clock speed | 1,150 MHz | vs | 1,100 MHz | Around 5% better turbo clock speed | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.09 GHz | vs | 3.82 GHz | More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Slightly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.24 GHz | vs | 3.99 GHz | More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Lower typical power consumption | 86.05W | vs | 107.5W | Around 20% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Lower annual home energy cost | 31.22 $/year | vs | 38.81 $/year | Around 20% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Lower annual commercial energy cost | 84.62 $/year | vs | 106 $/year | More than 20% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Core i5 3470 | by PCMag (May, 2012)CineBench R11.5 returned a multicore CPU score of 5.67 for the newer CPU and 5.41 for the older one, with an even tighter gap present between the two when we only used one CPU for the test (1.48 for the Core i5-2500K, 1.51 for the Core i5-3470).
summary | Core i5 3570 | vs | 3470 |
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| Clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 3.2 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 1155 | |||
| Is unlocked | No | No | |
| Is hyperthreaded | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
| Has vitualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction-set-extensions | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
gpu | |||
| GPU | GPU | GPU | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics 2500 | Intel® HD Graphics 2500 | |
| Latest DirectX | 11.x | 11.0 | |
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 | |
| GPU clock speed | 650 MHz | 650 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,150 MHz | 1,100 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1600 | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| 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 | |
details | Core i5 3570 | vs | 3470 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 6 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 1.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nms | 22 nms | |
| Transistor count | 1,400,000,000 | 1,400,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 34 | 32 | |
| Voltage range | 0.96 - 1.4V | Unknown - 1.13V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 67°C | Unknown - 67.4°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 10 | 22 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.09 GHz | 3.82 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.24 GHz | 3.99 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.09 GHz | 3.82 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 77W | 77W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 38.81 $/year | 31.22 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 106 $/year | 84.62 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 7.16 pt/W | 7.8 pt/W | |
| Idle power consumption | 67W | 54.4W | |
| Peak power consumption | 121W | 96.6W | |
| Typical power consumption | 107.5W | 86.05W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI | DMI 2.0 | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s | |
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