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Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i5-3470S

Last updated: 2026-07-02

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 i5-7500

Rank 2 - 68 %

Intel Core i5-3470S

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7500

Rank 2 - 71 %

Intel Core i5-3470S

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,260

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

702

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,685

4C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

1,916

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

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

961

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

769

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

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,091

4C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

2,455

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 630

422

Intel HD Graphics 2500

106

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

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,580

4C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

1,273

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 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 i5-7500	Intel Core i5-3470S
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 i5-6500
Successor	Intel Core i5-8500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i5-3470S
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	2.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.80 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i5-3470S
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.10 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 i5-7500	Intel Core i5-3470S
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i5-3470S
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 i5-7500	Intel Core i5-3470S
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i5-3470S
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 $
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 i5-7500 is 3.8 stars (61 ratings), while Intel Core i5-3470S has received 4.6 stars (11 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-7500
4C / 4T · 3.40 - 3.80 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-3470S
4C / 4T · 2.90 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★