Intel Core i3-8109U vs AMD A12-9720P

Core i3-8109U vs A12-9720P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A12-9720P performs better than the Core i3-8109U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8109U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the A12-9720P has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-8109U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. The A12-9720P outputs less heat than Core i3-8109U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i3-8109U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.