Intel Core i5-3470 vs Intel Pentium G3220. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000 Intel Pentium G3000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Pentium
• Generation
  3 5
• 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 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.6 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 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 11.1
• Execution units
  6 10
• Generation
  7 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 2500 Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q4/2012
• Shader
  48 80
• Technology
  22 nm 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 Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium G3220 and Intel Core i5-3470. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-3470 and Intel Pentium G3220 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 54 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-3470 and Intel Pentium G3220, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Haswell S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q3/2013
• Socket
  LGA 1155 LGA 1150
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d