AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i5-3470

Last updated: 2024-01-09

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		Intel Core i5-3470
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D or Intel Core i5-3470 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.70 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D was released in Q1/2023. The Intel Core i5-3470 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-3470 was released in Q2/2012.

AMD Ryzen 9 (35)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD Ryzen 7000 (14)	CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)
6	Generation	3
Raphael (Zen 4)	Architecture	Ivy Bridge S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is 4.20 GHz (5.70 GHz) while the Intel Core i5-3470 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-3470 is at 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-3470
16	Cores	4
32	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
4.20 GHz	Frequency	3.20 GHz
5.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.60 GHz
5.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-3470
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D or Intel Core i5-3470 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 2500
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	0.65 GHz
2.20 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.10 GHz
9	GPU Generation	7
5 nm	Technology	22 nm
3	Max. displays	3
2	Compute units	6
128	Shader	48
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	11.0

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 2500
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-3470 supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-3470
DDR5-5200	Memory	DDR3-1600
128 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
16.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
128.00 MB	L3 Cache	6.00 MB
5.0	PCIe version	3.0
24	PCIe lanes	16
94.5 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is 120 W, while the Intel Core i5-3470 has a TDP of 77 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-3470
120 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	77 W
162 W	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
89 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is manufactured in 5 nm and has 144.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-3470 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-3470
5 nm	Technology	22 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
AM5 (LGA 1718)	Socket	LGA 1155
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2023	Release date	Q2/2012
--	Release price	184 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (100%)

Intel Core i5-3470 (31%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (100%)

Intel Core i5-3470 (9%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2043 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	682 (33%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	38581 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2603 (7%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2223 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	770 (35%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	23460 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2566 (11%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2906 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	703 (24%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	19479 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1943 (10%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) @ 2.20 GHz	563 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.10 GHz	106 (19%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	64125 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	4679 (7%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	121 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2108 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1010 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	833 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	350 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1350 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 38,581 CB R23 MC @ 136 W	284 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-3470 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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