Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i7-4770S

Core i3-8109U vs Core i7-4770S benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4770S 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 i7-4770S 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 i7-4770S has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8109U. Also, the Core i7-4770S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4770S 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.