AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i3-8109U

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i3-8109U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 1200 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 Ryzen 3 1200 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-8109U. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 1200 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-8109U. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-8109U. Despite this, the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-8109U outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 1200 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 1200 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-8109U. The Ryzen 3 1200 also has significantly more 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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.