Intel Core i5-3380M vs AMD Athlon II X3 445

Core i5-3380M vs Athlon II X3 445 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-3380M performs better than the Athlon II X3 445. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X3 445 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Athlon II X3 445 has significantly more cores with 3 cores compared to the Core i5-3380M that has 2 cores. Despite this, the Core i5-3380M has more threads than the Athlon II X3 445. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 445 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3380M.

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 i5-3380M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.