Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Pentium G4400

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

1204 points
1265 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2237 points
2743 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

926 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
903 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

888 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
866 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.82 points
84% significantly higher Blender score
13.46 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2371 points
100% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1182 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1117 points
63% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
683 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2453 points
111% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1158 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1187 points
74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
680 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.3 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
92% significantly lower TDP
54 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

128 KiB
Identical
128 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
Identical
0.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

929th of 1,125
906th of 1,125

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3
Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i3-8109U vs Pentium G4400 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Pentium G4400 beats the Core i3-8109U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8109U in all gaming tests too.

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 G4400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8109U. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium G4400 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, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and 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.

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