Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i5-3230M

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1040 points

1086 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1956 points

2128 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

794 points

812 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

766 points

780 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.82 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

17.73 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2371 points

127% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1041 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1117 points

113% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

523 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2453 points

141% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1017 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1187 points

135% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

505 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

25% slightly lower TDP

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

938th of 1,089

927th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-8109U vs Core i5-3230M specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-3230M 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count 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 i5-3230M. Also, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3230M CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.