Intel Core i5-4200H vs AMD Athlon II X3 445

Core i5-4200H vs Athlon II X3 445 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4200H beats the Athlon II X3 445 in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon II X3 445 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X3 445 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4200H. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 445 has 3 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-4200H. Despite this, the Core i5-4200H 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 i5-4200H.

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 i5-4200H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.