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denden42

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Hi, i am going to build a new rig this coming year.. i would like to ask which processor is better in value. I will be using the said processor for programming using Visual Studio..

Intel Core i5 4670 ($158)
Intel Core i5 3470 ($111)

As you have noticed, there is a huge different in price, is the 4670 worth buying?

Regards,
Denden
 
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In most tasks, there is roughly a 5%-10% performance per clock between Ivy and Haswell, though certain tasks like emulation may see gains in the realm of 20%-30% per clock vs Ivy. There is also AVX2 which will be here awhile if that matters to you at all. It's really up to you if it's worth it.

A Skylake i3 with bclk overclocking may also be a consideration (yes, Skylake seems to have brought back non-K overclocking) At high clock speeds, they fare quite well against low clocked i5s even in highly threaded loads and provide an upgrade path for Kaby Lake. The price for the cpu itself falls between the two you listed.
 
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denden42 said:
Hi, i am going to build a new rig this coming year.. i would like to ask which processor is better in value. I will be using the said processor for programming using Visual Studio..

Intel Core i5 4670 ($158)
Intel Core i5 3470 ($111)

As you have noticed, there is a huge different in price, is the 4670 worth buying?

Regards,
Denden
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If this is for your work, then I would recommend the 4670 solely for the increased productivity it will buy you over the long-run. If this is for personal/hobby programming then go with the 3470; it'll do just fine.
 
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Zodiark1593 said:
In most tasks, there is roughly a 5%-10% performance per clock between Ivy and Haswell, though certain tasks like emulation may see gains in the realm of 20%-30% per clock vs Ivy. There is also AVX2 which will be here awhile if that matters to you at all. It's really up to you if it's worth it.

A Skylake i3 with bclk overclocking may also be a consideration (yes, Skylake seems to have brought back non-K overclocking) At high clock speeds, they fare quite well against low clocked i5s even in highly threaded loads and provide an upgrade path for Kaby Lake. The price for the cpu itself falls between the two you listed.
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I checked Skylake i3 and yes it fits my budget but the 1151 boards costs double that the haswell/ivy boards.


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If this is for your work, then I would recommend the 4670 solely for the increased productivity it will buy you over the long-run. If this is for personal/hobby programming then go with the 3470; it'll do just fine.
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I will use it for work.
 
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Well, in the context of an entire system, I would not call 45.00 a "huge difference in price". Spread out over the life of a system, it is only a few dollars a year.

I would definitely go with the 4670. As burpo showed, it has both an ipc gain and faster base clock and turbo.
 
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frozentundra123456 said:
Well, in the context of an entire system, I would not call 45.00 a "huge difference in price". Spread out over the life of a system, it is only a few dollars a year.

I would definitely go with the 4670. As burpo showed, it has both an ipc gain and faster base clock and turbo.
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Thanks. I am considering the 3470, then go for a pair of 8GB ram but as you said the haswell would be a better choice. So, i think i would go for a single stick 8GB ram for now and add another 8GB later.
 
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denden42 said:
Thank you everyone. . Happy Holidays
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Happy holidays to you as well. Enjoy your new CPU. Loving my i5-4590 here, probably could have gotten a bit better had I been a bit more patient, but this chip takes on everything I throw at it pretty well.
 
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denden42 said:
Yes, i am ready to go with the 4670 until i saw this benchmark..
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4670+@+3.40GHz

Take a look at the AMD FX 8350 outperform the 4670.
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Its a useless benchmark. Specially since all 4670 is stock and 8350 can be OC.

Also look at compile times instead. 1-4 threads the 8350 will be turd slow compared to the 4670.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/503

Also like the 8350 doesn't support AVX2/FMA3 either if you need it in your coding.
 
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If you don't mind a little overclocking . . . the 3470 can be overclocked while the 4670 cannot. It's not a huge overclock, mind you (you can bump the stock from 3.2 to 3.6 and it will turbo to 4.0 on one core, 3.8 on all four), but it's enough that it should be roughly equal to the 4670. It's also such a minor overclock that you shouldn't have to touch anything to achieve it and it will only run a wee bit hotter than at stock.
 
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abbcccus said:
If you don't mind a little overclocking . . . the 3470 can be overclocked while the 4670 cannot. It's not a huge overclock, mind you (you can bump the stock from 3.2 to 3.6 and it will turbo to 4.0 on one core, 3.8 on all four), but it's enough that it should be roughly equal to the 4670. It's also such a minor overclock that you shouldn't have to touch anything to achieve it and it will only run a wee bit hotter than at stock.
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He's using it for programming. Haswell has AVX2 and FMA whereas Ivy Bridge doesn't. Looks like he's getting the Haswell. In terms of a new build, $40 isn't that much of a difference so it would be better to buy something that's more future proof.
 
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