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Intel Core i5-3470 vs Apple A8
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-3470
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Apple A8
59 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-3470
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Apple A8
30 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-3470
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Apple A8
42 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-3470
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Apple A8
24 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-3470
77 %
Intel HD Graphics 2500
Apple A8
100 %
Apple A8
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3470 | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 3000 (31) | Apple A8/A8X (2) |
| Architecture | Ivy Bridge S | A8 |
| Technology | 22 nm | 20 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 1155 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A7 | |
| Successor | Apple A9 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3470 | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 2x Typhoon |
| Frequency: | 3.20 GHz | 1.50 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.60 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.60 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3470 | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 2500 | Apple A8 |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 - 1.10 GHz | 0.53 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | 16 / 128 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 22 nm | 20 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2012 | Q3/2014 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3470 | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3470 | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3470 | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 77 W | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3470 | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | |
| Release date | Q2/2012 | Q3/2014 |
| Release price | 184 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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