Intel Core i3-4150T vs AMD Athlon II X4 640

Core i3-4150T vs Athlon II X4 640 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon II X4 640 performs better than the Core i3-4150T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4150T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Athlon II X4 640 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-4150T that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Both the Core i3-4150T and Athlon II X4 640 have the same clock speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-4150T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.