Intel Xeon X3470 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-03-04

The Intel Xeon X3470 is a 4 core processor. It can handle 8 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q3/2009. The Intel Xeon X3470 is based on the 0. generation of the Intel Xeon X series and requires a mainboard with the socket LGA 1156. The Intel Xeon X3470 scores 722 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 3,057 points.

CPU lineage
Here you can see which group the Intel Xeon X3470 belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Xeon X3470.
Name:	Intel Xeon X3470
Family:	Intel Xeon X (2)
CPU group:	Intel Xeon X (2)
Architecture:	Lynnfield
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	0
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 4 CPU cores of the Intel Xeon X3470 clock with 2.93 GHz (3.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	2.93 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	3.20 GHz

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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

With the no iGPU, the Intel Xeon X3470 has an build in graphic solution. It has -- SM processors, which have a total of -- texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	--
Shader:	--
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:

Max. displays:
Generation:	--
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Max. GPU Memory:	--
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Xeon X3470 supports up to 32 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 21.3 GB/s.

DDR3-1333 DDR3-1066 DDR3-800	21.3 GB/s 17.1 GB/s 12.8 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Xeon X3470 has a TDP of 95 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	95 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Xeon X3470 has a 8.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 45 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology:	45 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1156
L2-Cache:	8.00 MB
L3-Cache:	--
AES-NI:	No
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-d, VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date:	Q3/2009
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Xeon X3470
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz (3.60 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Xeon X3470 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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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.


	AMD FX-8350 8C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	579
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	579
	Intel Core i5-3210M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	563
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	559
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	558
	Intel Core i3-8130U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	556
	Intel Pentium Gold 5405U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	535

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 Processor N95 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2724
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2723
	Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2696
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	2672
	Intel Core i7-10510Y 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2635
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2603
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2586

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 i5-6442EQ 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	724
	Intel Core i7-4760HQ 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	724
	Intel Core i5-2450P 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	723
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	722
	Intel Core i5-2390T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	722
	Intel Core i7-4712MQ 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	721
	Intel Pentium G4400T 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	721

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 i5-5575R 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	3075
	AMD Ryzen 5 1400 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	3068
	Intel Atom C3808 12C 12T @ 2.00 GHz	3067
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	3057
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	3053
	Intel Core i7-4770HQ 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	3050
	Intel Core i7-3720QM 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	3044

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 i3-3250 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	610
	Intel Core i7-960 4C 8T @ 3.46 GHz	610
	Intel Core i7-965 4C 8T @ 3.46 GHz	610
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	605
	Intel Core i5-3340M 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	604
	Intel Core i7-3610QE 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	602
	MediaTek Dimensity 720 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	599

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 i5-3570K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2286
	MediaTek Dimensity 800 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	2280
	MediaTek Dimensity 900 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2279
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	2275
	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2274
	Intel Core i5-7300U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2271
	Intel Core i7-6567U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2271

Cinebench R20 (Single-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 single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	225
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	224
	Intel Core i7-3517U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	223
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	217
	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 22C 44T @ 3.60 GHz	216
	Intel Core i5-4200U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	216
	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz	213

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 Processor N100 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1076
	Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1064
	Intel Core i5-6400 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1061
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1048
	Intel Processor N95 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1041
	Intel Core i5-3570K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1041
	AMD FX-6350 6C 6T @ 4.20 GHz	1038

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 i3-4360T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	3270
	Intel Core i7-960 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	3266
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	3260
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	3256
	Intel Core i5-4400E 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	3250
	Intel Core i5-4340M 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3246
	Intel Pentium D1508 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	3240

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 Celeron G1830 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	106
	Intel Celeron G1840 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	106
	Intel Core i5-4350U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	106
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	105
	Intel Core i5-4460T 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	105
	Intel Pentium G3220T 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	105
	Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 14C 28T @ 2.50 GHz	104

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 i5-4590 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	505
	AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	501
	Intel Core i5-6400 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	497
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	494
	Intel Core i5-4570 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	491
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	480
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	480

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
565 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
656 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
604 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

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