Intel Core i3-4030U vs AMD Athlon II X2 245

Core i3-4030U vs Athlon II X2 245 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Athlon II X2 245 beats the Core i3-4030U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4030U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-4030U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X2 245 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4030U.

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. Indeed, the Core i3-4030U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.