Intel Core i7-5500U vs AMD Athlon II X3 445

Core i7-5500U vs Athlon II X3 445 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Athlon II X3 445 beats the Core i7-5500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5500U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Athlon II X3 445 has significantly more cores with 3 cores compared to the Core i7-5500U that has 2 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-5500U has more threads than the Athlon II X3 445. Our comparison shows that the Athlon II X3 445 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5500U. The info from our database shows that the Athlon II X3 445 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-5500U

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 i7-5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.