Intel Core i5-3470 vs AMD Phenom II X4 840. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000 AMD Phenom II - 800/900
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Phenom II
• Generation
  3 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.6 GHz No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.0 -
• Execution units
  6 -
• Generation
  7 -
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 2500 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Release date
  Q2/2012 -
• Shader
  48 -
• Technology
  22 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Phenom II X4 840 and Intel Core i5-3470. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR2-1066
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-3470 and AMD Phenom II X4 840 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  77 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-3470 and AMD Phenom II X4 840, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Deneb (K10)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE3, SSE4a
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q1/2011
• Socket
  LGA 1155 AM3
• Technology
  22 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V