Intel Core i5-3470 vs AMD Athlon II X2 210e

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-3470 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon II X2 210e
Intel Core i5-3470 AMD Athlon II X2 210e

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-3470 or AMD Athlon II X2 210e - 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 Intel Core i5-3470 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-3470 was released in Q2/2012.

The AMD Athlon II X2 210e has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 210e was released in Q3/2010.
Intel Core i5 (328) Family AMD Athlon II (52)
Intel Core i 3000 (31) CPU group AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18)
3 Generation 1
Ivy Bridge S Architecture Propus
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-3470 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz). The AMD Athlon II X2 210e has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz.

Intel Core i5-3470 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X2 210e
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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.

Intel Core i5-3470 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X2 210e
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics 2500 GPU no iGPU
0.65 GHz GPU frequency --
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7 GPU Generation --
22 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
6 Compute units --
48 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.0 DirectX Version --

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.

Intel HD Graphics 2500 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-3470 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 210e can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Core i5-3470 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X2 210e
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR3-1333
32 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.00 MB
6.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-3470 has a TDP of 77 W, that of the AMD Athlon II X2 210e is 45 W.

Intel Core i5-3470 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X2 210e
77 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-3470 has a 6.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon II X2 210e cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Core i5-3470 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X2 210e
22 nm Technology 45 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
LGA 1155 Socket AM3
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2012 Release date Q3/2010
184 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
770 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
342 (44%)

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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
2566 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
663 (26%)

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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
4679 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
1105 (24%)

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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
682 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
2603 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
703 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1943 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.60 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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1010 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.10 GHz
106 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
833 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
350 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1350 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-3470 AMD Athlon II X2 210e
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