Intel Core i5-2400 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

Core i5-2400 vs Phenom II X6 1045T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2400 performs better than the Phenom II X6 1045T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1045T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X6 1045T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-2400 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1045T.

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. For instance, the Core i5-2400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.