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Intel Core i7 870
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Released June, 2012
Intel Core i5 3470
- 3.2 GHz
- Quad core
6 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the i5 3470
 | Has a built-in GPU Yes |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 870 vs 3470 among desktop CPUs (over 75W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 6 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 870 vs i5 3470
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Reviews Word on the street
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i7 870 | vs | i5 3470 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.93 GHz | 3.2 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 1156 | |||
| LGA 1155 | |||
| Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
| 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 | 95W | 77W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 42.57 $/year | 31.22 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 120.89 $/year | 84.62 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.11 pt/W | 4.41 pt/W | |
| Idle power consumption | 70W | 54.4W | |
| Peak power consumption | 138W | 96.6W | |
| Typical power consumption | 121W | 86.05W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI | DMI 2.0 | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfer rate | 2,500 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s | |
details | Core i7 870 | vs | i5 3470 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 8 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 6 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 1.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 22 nm | |
| Transistor count | 774,000,000 | 1,400,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 22 | 32 | |
| Voltage range | 0.65 - 1.4V | Unknown - 1.13V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72.7°C | Unknown - 67.4°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 37 | 22 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 3.67 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.28 GHz | 4.09 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.1 GHz | 3.67 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | GPU | |
| Label | N/A | Intel® HD Graphics 2500 | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | 11.0 | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | 3 | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | 650 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | 1,100 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1600 | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3-1066 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
| Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
| Supports ECC | No | No | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 21,333.32 MB/s | 25,600 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 16,384 MB | 32,768 MB | |
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