Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i3-1005G1

Core i3-8109U vs Core i3-1005G1 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1005G1 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8109U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1005G1. Also, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1005G1 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. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

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.