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Core i7-4820K vs i5-3470


Description
Both models i7-4820K and i5-3470 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 i7-4820K gets a score of 134.1 k points while the i5-3470 gets 94.1 k points.

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

Specs
CPUID
306e4
306a9
Core
Ivy Bridge -E
Ivy Bridge
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.9 GHz
3.6 GHz
Socket
LGA 1155
LGA 1155
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
130 W
77 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
6144 kB
Date
September 2013
June 2012
Mean monothread perf.
32.49k points
31.71k points
Mean multithread perf.
134.08k points
94.15k 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
i7-4820K
i5-3470
Test#1 (Integers)
11.85k
11.51k (x0.97)
Test#2 (FP)
11.84k
11.12k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.69k
4.44k (x0.95)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.12k
4.64k (x1.13)
TOTAL
32.49k
31.71k (x0.98)

Multithread

i7-4820K

i5-3470
Test#1 (Integers)
47.65k
37.93k (x0.8)
Test#2 (FP)
54.81k
36.37k (x0.66)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
21.56k
14.14k (x0.66)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.05k
5.71k (x0.57)
TOTAL
134.08k
94.15k (x0.7)

Performance/W
i7-4820K
i5-3470
Test#1 (Integers)
367 points/W
493 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
422 points/W
472 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
166 points/W
184 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
77 points/W
74 points/W
TOTAL
1031 points/W
1223 points/W

Performance/GHz
i7-4820K
i5-3470
Test#1 (Integers)
3039 points/GHz
3196 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3035 points/GHz
3090 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1201 points/GHz
1234 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1056 points/GHz
1289 points/GHz
TOTAL
8331 points/GHz
8809 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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