Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i5-3210M

Core i3-8109U vs Core i5-3210M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-8109U beats the Core i5-3210M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3210M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3210M. Also, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3210M CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.