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 Core i3-8145U performs better than the Athlon II X3 450. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X3 450 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.