Intel Core i5-3450 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

Core i5-3450 vs Phenom II X6 1045T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3450 beats the Phenom II X6 1045T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1045T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1045T has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3450. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1045T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-3450. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3450. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3450 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1045T.

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. For instance, the Core i5-3450 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.