Intel Core i3-8109U vs AMD A8-5500B

Core i3-8109U vs A8-5500B specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-8109U beats the A8-5500B in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-5500B in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-5500B has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8109U. The info from our database shows that the A8-5500B has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8109U

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-8109U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.