Samsung Exynos 7870 vs Intel Core i5-3470. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880 Intel Core i 3000
• Family
  Samsung Exynos Intel Core i5
• Generation
  1 3
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  1.6 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  1.6 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.6 GHz

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 11.0
• Execution units
  1 6
• Generation
  Midgard 4 7
• GPU Frequency
  600 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T830 MP1 Intel HD Graphics 2500
• GPU Turbo
  600 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q2/2012
• Shader
  16 48
• Technology
  28nm 22 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-3470 and Samsung Exynos 7870. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory channels
  0 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 7870 and Intel Core i5-3470 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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Samsung Exynos 7870 and Intel Core i5-3470, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Ivy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  - 6 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q2/2012
• Socket
  - LGA 1155
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d