Intel Core i5-3470 vs MediaTek Helio P35

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-3470 CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek Helio P35
Intel Core i5-3470 MediaTek Helio P35

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-3470 or MediaTek Helio P35 - 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 MediaTek Helio P35 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio P35 was released in Q4/2019.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family Mediatek Helio (37)
Intel Core i 3000 (31) CPU group MediaTek Helio P22/P35 (3)
3 Generation 3
Ivy Bridge S Architecture Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- 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 MediaTek Helio P35 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz.

Intel Core i5-3470 Characteristic MediaTek Helio P35
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz) A-Core 2.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
-- B-Core 1.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

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 MediaTek Helio P35
-- 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 PowerVR GE8320
0.65 GHz GPU frequency 0.68 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7 GPU Generation --
22 nm Technology 20 nm
3 Max. displays 1
6 Compute units 1
48 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.0 DirectX Version 10

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 PowerVR GE8320
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 MediaTek Helio P35 can connect up to 6 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

Intel Core i5-3470 Characteristic MediaTek Helio P35
DDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR4-1600, LPDDR3-933
32 GB Max. Memory 6 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
6.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
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 MediaTek Helio P35 is --.

Intel Core i5-3470 Characteristic MediaTek Helio P35
77 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-3470 has a 6.00 MB cache, while the MediaTek Helio P35 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Core i5-3470 Characteristic MediaTek Helio P35
22 nm Technology 12 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions --
LGA 1155 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2012 Release date Q4/2019
184 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-3470 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P35 (22%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-3470 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P35 (38%)

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%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
167 (22%)

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%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
955 (37%)

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%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
PowerVR GE8320 @ 0.68 GHz
44 (41%)

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%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1844 (39%)

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%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 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%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 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%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 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%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 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%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
118410 (100%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
103467 (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.
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
833 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 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%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 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%)
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-3470 MediaTek Helio P35
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