AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs Intel Core i3-1115G4E

Phenom II X4 945 vs Core i3-1115G4E benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1115G4E performs better than the Phenom II X4 945. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 945 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X4 945 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-1115G4E that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X4 945 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1115G4E. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-1115G4E has more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 945. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 Phenom II X4 945 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.