Intel Core i5-2450M vs AMD 3020e

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD 3000 Series Mobile 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1014 points

3% slightly better overall score

979 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1935 points

2128 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

766 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

701 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

735 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

672 points

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

871 points

1085 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

453 points

658 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

108% significantly higher clock speed

1.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

19% slightly higher turbo speed

2.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

6 W

483% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

942nd of 1,089

956th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

3000 Series Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February

2020 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2450M vs 3020e comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2450M beats the 3020e in overall performance. Despite this, the 3020e has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-2450M has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-2450M has a significantly higher clock speed than the 3020e.

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. Indeed, the Core i5-2450M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.