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General information Core i5-3470S Core i3-4170
Launched Q3 2012 Q2 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Haswell Refresh
Clock 2.9 GHz 21.6 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 54 W 16.9 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Intel HD Graphics 4400
Performance Core i5-3470S Core i3-4170
Overall Score 41041 0 % 39027 4.9 %
Future Proof 31 % 34 % 47 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2837 0 % 2320 18.2 %
Single Thread Score 1892.9 7.4 % 2044.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 1105.3 MB/s 79 % 5264.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 67.4 MB/s 0 % 51.4 MB/s 23.7 %
String objects sorting 8591.6 thousand/s 0 % 7218 thousand/s 16 %
Prime numbers generation 26.9 millions/s 0 % 14.9 millions/s 44.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14019 millions/s 0 % 12563.1 millions/s 10.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 10156 millions/s 0 % 6330.5 millions/s 37.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3470S, Core i3-4170.

Average frames per second Core i5-3470S Core i3-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.6 FPS 70.6 FPS
High settings 122.5 FPS 113.0 FPS
Medium settings 153.1 FPS 141.2 FPS
Low settings 191.4 FPS 176.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-3470S Core i3-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 122.7 FPS 119.2 FPS
High settings 196.4 FPS 190.7 FPS
Medium settings 245.5 FPS 238.3 FPS
Low settings 306.8 FPS 297.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.9 %
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