Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i7-3517U

Core i3-8109U vs Core i7-3517U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3517U beats the Core i3-8109U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8109U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8109U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3517U. Also, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3517U 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.

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.