Intel Core i3-8145U vs AMD Athlon II X3 450

Core i3-8145U vs Athlon II X3 450 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon II X3 450 performs better than the Core i3-8145U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8145U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Athlon II X3 450 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 450. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon II X3 450 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-8145U. In terms of cache, the Athlon II X3 450 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-8145U

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