Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i3-8130U

Core i3-8109U vs Core i3-8130U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-8130U is faster 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8130U. Also, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-8130U 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. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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