Intel Core i5 M 430 vs AMD Athlon II X2 220

Core i5 M 430 vs Athlon II X2 220 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5 M 430 performs better than the Athlon II X2 220. Despite this, the Athlon II X2 220 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5 M 430 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon II X2 220 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5 M 430. In terms of cache, the Athlon II X2 220 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5 M 430

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 M 430 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.