Intel Core i5-4460 vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Core i5-4460 vs Athlon Silver 3050U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4460 beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon Silver 3050U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-4460 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Athlon Silver 3050U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon Silver 3050U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4460 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon Silver 3050U. Also, the Core i5-4460 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Athlon Silver 3050U outputs less heat than Core i5-4460 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i5-4460 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-4460 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.