Intel Core i3-8109U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i3-8109U is a 2 core processor. It can handle 4 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q4/2017. The Intel Core i3-8109U is based on the 8. generation of the Intel Core i3 series and requires a mainboard with the socket BGA 1528. The Intel Core i3-8109U scores 881 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 2,021 points.
Intel Core i3-8109U

CPU lineage

Here you can see which group the Intel Core i3-8109U belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Core i3-8109U.

Name: Intel Core i3-8109U
Family: Intel Core i3 (202)
CPU group: Intel Core i 8000U (8)
Architecture: Coffee Lake U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 8
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 2 CPU cores of the Intel Core i3-8109U clock with 3.00 GHz (3.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): 3.20 GHz

Internal Graphics

With the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655, the Intel Core i3-8109U has an build in graphic solution. It has 48 SM processors, which have a total of 384 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU frequency: 0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.05 GHz
Compute units: 48
Shader: 384
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q4/2017
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 32 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i3-8109U supports up to 32 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR3-2133
DDR4-2400
38.4 GB/s
38.4 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i3-8109U has a TDP of 28 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 28 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: 20 W
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-8109U has a 4.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1528
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 4.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q4/2017
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-8109U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
57
Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
57
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
56
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
55
Intel Core i5-8350U Intel Core i5-8350U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
55
Intel Core i7-5960X Intel Core i7-5960X
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
55
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
54

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
142
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
141
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
115
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
107
Intel Core i5-5200U Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
88
Intel Core i5-4200U Intel Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
84
Intel Core i5-4300Y Intel Core i5-4300Y
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
47

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
884
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
883
Intel Xeon Gold 5115 Intel Xeon Gold 5115
10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz
883
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
881
Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
881
Intel Core i5-4670 Intel Core i5-4670
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
881
Intel Core i5-L16G7 Intel Core i5-L16G7
5C 5T @ 3.00 GHz
880

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium G4560 Intel Pentium G4560
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2027
Intel Core i7-2710QE Intel Core i7-2710QE
4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
2026
AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Athlon 220GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2023
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2021
MediaTek MT8188J MediaTek MT8188J
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
2016
Intel Core i5-7260U Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2016
AMD Athlon Gold 7220C AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2011

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
1188
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1186
Intel Core i7-4790T Intel Core i7-4790T
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1186
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1185
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1183
Intel Core i5-4690S Intel Core i5-4690S
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1181
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1180

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
2566
Intel Core i5-7287U Intel Core i5-7287U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2539
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
2527
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2524
Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel Core i7-3740QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
2521
Intel Core i7-3820QM Intel Core i7-3820QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
2517
MediaTek Dimensity 7050 MediaTek Dimensity 7050
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2512

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
367
AMD Ryzen 7 3750H AMD Ryzen 7 3750H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
367
AMD Ryzen 7 3780U AMD Ryzen 7 3780U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
367
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
366
Intel Core i5-10400T Intel Core i5-10400T
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
366
Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 Intel Xeon Platinum 8256
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
366
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 Intel Xeon Platinum 8260
24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz
366

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
935
Intel Core i5-4590T Intel Core i5-4590T
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
935
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
925
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
916
Intel Pentium Gold G5500 Intel Pentium Gold G5500
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
916
Intel Core i3-6100 Intel Core i3-6100
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
916
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz
913

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.05 GHz
806
Intel Core i5-5575R Intel Core i5-5575R
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.05 GHz
806
Intel Core i7-5750HQ Intel Core i7-5750HQ
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.05 GHz
806
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 @ 1.05 GHz
806
Intel Core i5-5257U Intel Core i5-5257U
Intel Iris Graphics 6100 @ 1.05 GHz
806
Intel Core i5-4570R Intel Core i5-4570R
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.25 GHz
800
Intel Core i5-14500HX Intel Core i5-14500HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.55 GHz
794

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
4281
Intel Celeron J6413 Intel Celeron J6413
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
4270
Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
4270
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
4268
Intel Core i5-3350P Intel Core i5-3350P
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
4262
Intel Core i5-4430S Intel Core i5-4430S
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
4262
Intel Core i7-7567U Intel Core i7-7567U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
4260

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-5775R Intel Core i7-5775R
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
154
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
154
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
154
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
153
Intel Core i7-4980HQ Intel Core i7-4980HQ
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
153
Intel Core i5-7360U Intel Core i5-7360U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
153
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
153

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-7360U Intel Core i5-7360U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
383
Intel Core i3-7300T Intel Core i3-7300T
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
382
Intel Pentium G4560 Intel Pentium G4560
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
382
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
381
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
381
AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Athlon 220GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
381
Intel Core i5-7267U Intel Core i5-7267U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
379

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