Intel N100 vs AMD Athlon II X3 450

Compare Intel 4 core CPU vs AMD 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1280 points
5% slightly better overall score
1219 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2623 points
9% slightly better gaming score
2398 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

924 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
908 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

882 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
872 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
33% slightly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
33% slightly more threads
3

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

0.8 GHz
3.2 GHz
300% significantly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

901st of 1,124
924th of 1,124

N100 vs Athlon II X3 450 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the N100 beats the Athlon II X3 450 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X3 450 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the N100 has slightly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Athlon II X3 450 that has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon II X3 450. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 450 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the N100. The info from our database shows that the N100 has more L2 cache than the Athlon II X3 450

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the N100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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