Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Pentium G3250

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel Pentium G Series 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1040 points

1091 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1956 points

2366 points

20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

794 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

766 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

754 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.82 points

95% significantly higher Blender score

12.72 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2371 points

151% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

944 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1117 points

99% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

559 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2453 points

148% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

987 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1187 points

105% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

577 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

89% significantly lower TDP

53 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

938th of 1,089

925th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-8109U vs Pentium G3250 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G3250 performs better than the Core i3-8109U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8109U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-8109U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium G3250 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8109U. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G3250 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.