Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i5-8279U

Core i3-8109U vs Core i5-8279U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8279U 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 i5-8279U has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-8109U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8109U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8279U. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.