Intel Core i3-8145U vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Core i3-8145U vs Athlon Silver 7120U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Athlon Silver 7120U beats the Core i3-8145U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8145U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-8145U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon Silver 7120U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8145U. Despite this, the Core i3-8145U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Athlon Silver 7120U has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8145U. Despite this, the Core i3-8145U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Athlon Silver 7120U.

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