Intel Core i3-8109U vs Intel Xeon E5-1620

Core i3-8109U vs Xeon E5-1620 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-1620 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-1620 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-8109U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8109U. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-1620 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-8109U. Also, the Xeon E5-1620 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 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.