Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Core i7-6560U

Core i3-8109U vs Core i7-6560U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-8109U beats the Core i7-6560U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6560U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6560U. Also, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6560U 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-8109U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.