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Core i5-3470S vs i7-4820K


Description
Both models i5-3470S and i7-4820K are based on Ivy Bridge architecture.

"Ivy Bridge is the last Intel microarchitecture for which there is official driver support for Windows XP . It is made under 22 nm Tri-Gate transistor (""3D"") technology and is basically a Sandy Bridge shrink. It has PCI Express 3.0 support and RdRand instruction for security tasks."

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-3470S gets a score of 93.4 k points while the i7-4820K gets 134.1 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-4820K is 1.4 times faster than the i5-3470S . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306a9
306e4
Core
Ivy Bridge -E
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.9 GHz
3.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 1155
LGA 1155
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
65 W
130 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
8192 kB
Date
June 2012
September 2013
Mean monothread perf.
31.35k points
32.49k points
Mean multithread perf.
93.35k points
134.08k points

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i5-3470S
i7-4820K
Test#1 (Integers)
11.41k
11.85k (x1.04)
Test#2 (FP)
10.98k
11.84k (x1.08)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.31k
4.69k (x1.09)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.66k
4.12k (x0.88)
TOTAL
31.35k
32.49k (x1.04)

Multithread

i5-3470S

i7-4820K
Test#1 (Integers)
35.73k
47.65k (x1.33)
Test#2 (FP)
36k
54.81k (x1.52)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.48k
21.56k (x1.49)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.14k
10.05k (x1.41)
TOTAL
93.35k
134.08k (x1.44)

Performance/W
i5-3470S
i7-4820K
Test#1 (Integers)
550 points/W
367 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
554 points/W
422 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
223 points/W
166 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
110 points/W
77 points/W
TOTAL
1436 points/W
1031 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-3470S
i7-4820K
Test#1 (Integers)
3168 points/GHz
3039 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3050 points/GHz
3035 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1197 points/GHz
1201 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1293 points/GHz
1056 points/GHz
TOTAL
8708 points/GHz
8331 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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