Intel Core i3-5005U vs AMD A8-5545M

Core i3-5005U vs A8-5545M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A8-5545M beats the Core i3-5005U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-5005U 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 i3-5005U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. A Core i3-5005U CPU outputs less heat than a A8-5545M CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Core i3-5005U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.