Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Pentium G2030

Core i3-8109U vs Pentium G2030 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-8109U performs better than the Pentium G2030. Despite this, the Pentium G2030 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-8109U has more threads. Both the Core i3-8109U and Pentium G2030 have the same clock speed. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G2030 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-8109U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.