Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i5-6500

Core i3-8109U vs Core i5-6500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6500 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-6500 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-8109U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8109U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6500 CPU because of its 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 i5-6500 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8109U. The Core i5-6500 also has significantly 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.