Intel Core i5-2430M vs AMD Athlon II X3 445

Core i5-2430M vs Athlon II X3 445 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon II X3 445 performs better than the Core i5-2430M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2430M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X3 445 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2430M. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 445 has 3 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-2430M. Despite this, the Core i5-2430M has more threads than the Athlon II X3 445. Our comparison shows that the Athlon II X3 445 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2430M.

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 i5-2430M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.