Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2

Core i3-8109U vs Xeon E3-1230 V2 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1230 V2 is faster than the Core i3-8109U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8109U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E3-1230 V2 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-8109U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8109U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1230 V2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8109U. The info from our database shows that the Xeon E3-1230 V2 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8109U. The Xeon E3-1230 V2 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.