Intel Core i3-8109U vs AMD FX-8320

Core i3-8109U vs FX-8320 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the FX-8320 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-8109U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8109U. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8109U. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the FX-8320 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-8109U. The FX-8320 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.