Intel Core i3-8145U vs AMD Athlon II X3 445

Core i3-8145U vs Athlon II X3 445 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-8145U is faster 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Athlon II X3 445 has significantly more cores with 3 cores compared to the Core i3-8145U that has 2 cores. Despite this, the Core i3-8145U has more threads than the Athlon II X3 445. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 445 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8145U. The info from our database shows that the Athlon II X3 445 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8145U

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 i3-8145U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.