Intel Core i3-6157U vs Intel Core i5-2450M

Core i3-6157U vs Core i5-2450M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-6157U beats the Core i5-2450M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-2450M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2450M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6157U. A Core i3-6157U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2450M 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 i3-6157U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.