Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3

Core i3-8109U vs Xeon E3-1220 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1220 v3 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-8109U. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-8109U. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8109U. Despite this, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-8109U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.