Intel Core i5-3317U vs Intel Pentium G645

Core i5-3317U vs Pentium G645 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G645 performs better than the Core i5-3317U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3317U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-3317U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G645 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3317U. A Core i5-3317U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G645 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-3317U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.