Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i5-6300U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 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
1069 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1956 points
2091 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

794 points
801 points
0.88% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

766 points
769 points
0.39% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.82 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
20.45 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2371 points
80% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1313 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1117 points
90% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
587 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
15 W
86% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
33% slightly more pcie lanes
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
929th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-8109U vs Core i5-6300U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6300U 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300U. Also, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6300U 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 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.

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