Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i5-1035G1

Core i3-8109U vs Core i5-1035G1 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1035G1 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 core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1035G1 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-8109U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8109U. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8109U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1035G1. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i5-1035G1 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, the Core i5-1035G1 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-8109U. The Core i5-1035G1 also has significantly more 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.