Intel Core i5-4460T vs AMD E2-9000

Core i5-4460T vs E2-9000 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4460T performs better than the E2-9000. Despite this, the E2-9000 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-4460T has significantly more cores than the E2-9000. Indeed, the Core i5-4460T has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the E2-9000. It also has more threads than the E2-9000. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4460T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the E2-9000.

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