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Intel Core i5-3570K vs Apple M1 vs Intel Core i5-3470

Intel Core i5-3570K

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The Intel Core i5-3570K is a fast quad-core desktop processor based on the Ivy Bridge architecture. Each core offers a base speed of 3.4 GHz, but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.6 GHz (for 4 active cores), 3.7 GHz (for 2 active cores) and 3.8 GHz (for 1 active core). Furthermore, the "K" series processors offers an unlocked multiplier for easy overclocking.

Ivy Bridge is an enhanced die shrink of the Sandy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm (versus 32nm Sandy Bridge CPUs) and are the first to introduce 3D transistors for increased energy efficiency when compared to similarly clocked Sandy Bridge processors. Other new features are integrated PCI Express 3.0 and  DDR3(L)-1600 support.

The performance of the Core i5-3570K is slightly above a similarly clocked Sandy Bridge processor due to slight architectural improvements. Compared to AMD's fastest desktop CPU (FX-8350), the Core i5-3570K offers significantly higher performance per thread, but features less cores (4 instead of 8). Overall, the Core i5 is still a bit faster in most applications.

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU offers 16 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 650 MHz up to 1150 MHz with Turbo Boost. For recent games, the performance is only sufficient for low resolutions and details.

The total power consumption of the CPU, graphics and memory controller is specified by Intel at 77 watts (TDP).

Apple M1

► remove from comparison Apple M1

The Apple M1 is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2020 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13, and Mac Mini. It offers 8 cores divided in four performance cores and four power-efficiency cores. The big cores offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 12 MB shared L2 cache. According to Apple the performance of these cores should be better than anything on the market (in late 2020). The four efficiency cores are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with 600 - 2064 MHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with 600 - 3204 MHz.

The M1 is available in two TDP variants, a passive cooled 10 Watt variant for the MacBook Air and an active cooled faster variant for the MacBook Pro 13 and Mac Mini. Those should offer a better-sustained performance according to Apple.

The integrated graphics card in the M1 offers 8 cores (7 cores in the entry MacBook Air) and a peak performance of 2.6 teraflops. Apple claims that it is faster than any other iGPU at the time of announcement.

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine with a peak performance of 11 TOPS (for AI hardware acceleration), a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), a unified memory architecture, Thunderbolt / USB 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders.

The Apple M1 includes 16 billion transistors (up from the 10 billion of the A12Z Bionic and therefore double the amount of a Tiger Lake-U chip like the i7-1185G7) and is manufactured in 5nm at TSMC.

Intel Core i5-3470

► remove from comparison Intel 3470

The Intel Core i5-3470 is a fast LGA1155 quad-core desktop processor based on the Ivy Bridge architecture. Each core offers a base speed of 3.2 GHz, but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.4 GHz (for 4 active cores), 3.5 GHz (for 2 active cores) and 3.6 GHz (for 1 active core).

Ivy Bridge is an enhanced die shrink of the Sandy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm (versus 32nm Sandy Bridge CPUs) and the first to introduce 3D transistors for increased energy efficiency when compared to similarly clocked Sandy Bridge processors. Other new features are integrated PCI Express 3.0 and  DDR3(L)-1600 support.

The performance of the Core i5-3470 is slightly above a similarly clocked Sandy Bridge processor due to some architectural improvements. Compared to AMD's fastest desktop CPU (FX-8350), the Core i5-3470 offers higher performance per thread, but features less cores (4 instead of 8). Overall, the Core i5 is just slightly faster in most applications.

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 2500 GPU offers 6 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 650 MHz up to 1100 MHz with Turbo Boost. The very low performance is only sufficient for some older and less demanding games.

The total power consumption of the CPU, graphics and memory controller is specified by Intel at 77 watts (TDP).

ModelIntel Core i5-3570KApple M1Intel Core i5-3470
CodenameIvy BridgeIvy Bridge
SeriesIntel Core i5 (Desktop)Apple M1Intel Core i5 (Desktop)
Series: Core i5 (Desktop) Ivy Bridge
Intel Core i5-3570K « 3.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-35503.3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-34703.2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Apple M1 Max2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores48 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores16 MB L3
Apple M1 « 2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-3570K3.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-35503.3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-3470 « 3.2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Clock3400 - 3800 MHz2064 - 3220 MHz3200 - 3600 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB2 MB
L2 Cache1 MB16 MB1 MB
L3 Cache6 MB8 MB6 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 48 / 84 / 4
TDP77 Watt77 Watt
Transistors1400 Million16000 Million
Technology22 nm5 nm22 nm
Die Size160 mm2
max. Temp.67.4 °C67.4 °C
Socket1155FCLGA1155
FeaturesHD Graphics 4000 (650-1150), Dual Channel DDR3-1600 Memory Controller, Intel HD Graphics 4000 650 - 1150 MHz, VT-x (with EPT), AES, Intel 64, Anti-Theft, Idle States, Enhanced SpeedStep, Themal Monitoring, Execute Disable BitARMv8 Instruction SetHD Graphics 2500 (650-1100 MHz), SSE 4.1/4.2, AVX, Trusted Execution, AES, Dual Channel Memory Controller DDR3-1600 (max 32GB)
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 4000 (650 - 1150 MHz)Apple M1 8-Core GPUIntel HD Graphics 2500 (650 - 1100 MHz)
Architecturex86ARMx86
$235 U.S.$184 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
100%
1 M1 +
110 Points (62%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 M1 +
444 Points (8%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
1 M1 +
min: 7409     avg: 7728     median: 7800.5 (7%)     max: 7830 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1496     avg: 1512     median: 1514.5 (64%)     max: 1520 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
100%
1 M1 +
min: 401     avg: 403     median: 402.5 (44%)     max: 406 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1863     avg: 2040     median: 2093.5 (5%)     max: 2109 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1020     avg: 1063     median: 1072 (7%)     max: 1087 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 M1 +
min: 206     avg: 207.3     median: 208 (58%)     max: 208 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 3570K +
6 Points (8%)
93%
1 3470 +
5.6 Points (7%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 3570K +
1.6 Points (38%)
94%
1 3470 +
1.5 Points (36%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 3570K +
5286 Points (32%)
95%
1 3470 +
5006 Points (30%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 3570K +
18325 Points (13%)
94%
1 3470 +
17192 Points (12%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 3570K +
23516 Points (15%)
92%
1 3470 +
21594 Points (14%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 3570K +
6722 Points (8%)
94%
1 3470 +
6328 Points (8%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 3570K +
305.8 s (4%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 3570K +
9.7 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 3570K +
3376 Points (5%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
100%
1 M1 +
34614 MIPS (20%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
100%
1 M1 +
5441 MIPS (64%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 3570K +
33.6 fps (11%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 3570K +
168 fps (39%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 3570K +
0.3 GB/s (8%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 3570K +
0.5 GB/s (8%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 3570K +
2.8 GB/s (7%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
100%
1 M1 +
964 Seconds (12%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
100%
1 M1 +
min: 412     avg: 561     median: 561 (4%)     max: 710 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
100%
1 M1 +
0.7 sec (16%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 3570K +
6561 Points (14%)
94%
1 3470 +
6179 Points (13%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 3570K +
9.7 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 3570K +
22.3 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 3570K +
531 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 3470 +
18204 Points (14%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
1 3470 +
5575 Points (14%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 3570K +
48378 Points (39%)
112%
1 3470 +
54139 Points (44%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 3570K +
4725 Points (12%)
107%
1 3470 +
5051 Points (13%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 3470 +
5977 Points (11%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 M1 +
2711 Points (25%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1956     avg: 3137     median: 3136.5 (36%)     max: 4317 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
100%
1 M1 +
2363 Points (59%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
100%
1 M1 +
8622 Points (33%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
100%
1 M1 +
2366 Points (75%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
100%
1 M1 +
8635 Points (35%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1710     avg: 1729     median: 1730 (68%)     max: 1745 Points
39%
1 3470 +
675 Points (26%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 M1 +
min: 7034     avg: 7501     median: 7578 (14%)     max: 7710 Points
28%
1 3470 +
2095 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 3570K +
9051 Points (48%)
100%
1 3470 +
9055 Points (48%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 3570K +
8063 Points (56%)
100%
1 3470 +
8088 Points (56%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 3570K +
10133 Points (20%)
104%
1 3470 +
10560 Points (21%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 3570K +
9592 Points (19%)
104%
1 3470 +
10006 Points (20%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 3570K +
9421 Points (25%)
103%
1 3470 +
9721 Points (25%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 M1 +
min: 418     avg: 473.8     median: 483 (1%)     max: 516 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 M1 +
min: 65.2     avg: 75.9     median: 76.4 (1%)     max: 86.1 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 M1 +
min: 62055     avg: 63340     median: 62589.5 (46%)     max: 66974 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 M1 +
189 Points (52%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 M1 +
min: 216     avg: 266.3     median: 280.5 (50%)     max: 304 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
100%
1 M1 +
min: 104389     avg: 105297     median: 105297 (88%)     max: 106205 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
100%
1 M1 +
min: 110874     avg: 111266     median: 111266 (90%)     max: 111658 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
100%
1 M1 +
min: 533978     avg: 539206     median: 539206 (99%)     max: 544434 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
100%
1 M1 +
min: 267169     avg: 271808     median: 271808 (98%)     max: 276446 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1017190     avg: 1027580     median: 1027580 (99%)     max: 1037960 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1040910     avg: 1113810     median: 1113810 (54%)     max: 1186710 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
1 M1 +
min: 244643     avg: 254253     median: 254252 (63%)     max: 263862 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1266     avg: 1301     median: 1283 (48%)     max: 1355 Points
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 +
27.2 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 M1 +
min: 8.23     avg: 8.7     median: 8.5 (4%)     max: 9.49 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 +
3 Watt (2%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 M1 +
min: 2.29     avg: 2.9     median: 3.1 (3%)     max: 3.22 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
100%
1 M1 +
37.5 Points per Watt (28%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-3570K → 0% n=0

Average Benchmarks Apple M1 → 0% n=0

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-3470 → 0% n=0

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