Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Core i3-1125G4

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i3 4 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

2436 points

2810 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3645 points

4729 points

29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points

2253 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2006 points

2154 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.56 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

45.54 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3618 points

4219 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

1435 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3733 points

4001 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1205 points

1417 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

Identical

28 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

640th of 1,089

568th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

11th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-8279U vs Core i3-1125G4 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1125G4 performs better than the Core i5-8279U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.