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Intel Core i5-7400 vs Intel Core i5-3470

Last updated: 2026-06-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7400

Rank 2 - 78 %

Intel Core i5-3470

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7400

Rank 2 - 81 %

Intel Core i5-3470

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

925 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

682 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

3,359 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

2,603 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

1,175

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

703

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

3,346

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,943

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

884

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

770

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,803

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

2,566

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 630

384

Intel HD Graphics 2500

106

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

623.6 s

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

833.0 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

384

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

350

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,444

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

1,350

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7400	Intel Core i5-3470
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	Intel Core i 3000 (31)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Ivy Bridge S
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1155
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-6400
Successor	Intel Core i5-8400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7400	Intel Core i5-3470
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.00 GHz	3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.50 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.30 GHz	3.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7400	Intel Core i5-3470
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.00 GHz	0.65 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	2 GB
Technology	14 nm	22 nm
Release date	Q2/2016	Q2/2012

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7400	Intel Core i5-3470
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7400	Intel Core i5-3470
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7400	Intel Core i5-3470
TDP	65 W	77 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7400	Intel Core i5-3470
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q1/2017	Q2/2012
Release price	220 $	184 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-7400 is 3.8 stars (40 ratings), while Intel Core i5-3470 has received 3.7 stars (90 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-7400
4C / 4T · 3.00 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-3470
4C / 4T · 3.20 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★