Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i7-3820QM

Core i3-8109U vs Core i7-3820QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3820QM performs better 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 i7-3820QM 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3820QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3820QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3820QM CPU because of its 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.