Intel Core i3-8130U vs AMD Athlon II X3 445

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1216 points
3% slightly better overall score
1177 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2360 points
2% slightly better gaming score
2305 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

910 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
880 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

872 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
846 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1902 points
181% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
676 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1019 points
237% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
302 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
3
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
33% slightly more threads
3

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.1 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
1.5 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

897th of 1,089
904th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-8130U vs Athlon II X3 445 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-8130U performs better than the Athlon II X3 445. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X3 445 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X3 445 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-8130U. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 445 has 3 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-8130U. Despite this, the Core i3-8130U has more threads than the Athlon II X3 445. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 445 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8130U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 445 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-8130U

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-8130U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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