Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Pentium G2120

Core i3-8109U vs Pentium G2120 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-8109U is faster than the Pentium G2120. Despite this, the Pentium G2120 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-8109U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G2120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8109U. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G2120 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.