Intel Core i5-3450 vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i5-3450 vs Core i7-860 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3450 beats the Core i7-860 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-860 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3450 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-860. Also, the Core i5-3450 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3450 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-3450 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.