Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i5-5200U

Core i3-8109U vs Core i5-5200U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-8109U beats the Core i5-5200U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-5200U 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5200U. Also, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-5200U 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 info from our database shows that the Core i3-8109U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-5200U. The Core i3-8109U also has slightly more 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.