AMD A8-5545M vs Intel Core i3-5010U

A8-5545M vs Core i3-5010U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-5010U beats the A8-5545M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-5545M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A8-5545M has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-5010U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. The Core i3-5010U outputs less heat than A8-5545M thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the A8-5545M has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.