Intel Core i3-8140U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i3-8140U was released in Q2/2020 and has 2 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket BGA 1356. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i3-8140U achieved a result of 960 points (single-core) or 1,974 points (multi-core).
Intel Core i3-8140U

CPU lineage

In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i3-8140U belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i3-8140U.

Name: Intel Core i3-8140U
Family: Intel Core i3 (202)
CPU group: Intel Core i 8000U (7)
Architecture: Kaby Lake U Refresh
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 8
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-8140U has 2 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-8140U is 2.10 GHz (3.90 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): 3.10 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-8140U has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i3-8140U has the Intel UHD Graphics 620 installed, which has 24 streaming multiprocessors (192 shaders).

GPU name: Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU frequency: 0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.00 GHz
Compute units: 24
Shader: 192
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q3/2016
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 16 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

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 i3-8140U supports a maximum of 32 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory 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 12
PCIe Bandwidth: 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i3-8140U has a TDP of 15 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: 25 W
TDP down: 10 W
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i3-8140U is made in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1356
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: Q2/2020
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-8140U 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.


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 E5-1620 v3 Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
963
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz
963
Intel Core i5-7500 Intel Core i5-7500
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
961
Intel Core i3-8140U Intel Core i3-8140U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
960
Intel Core i3-10100E Intel Core i3-10100E
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
960
Intel Processor N200 Intel Processor N200
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
958
Intel Pentium G4600 Intel Pentium G4600
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
958

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 Atom x6413E Intel Atom x6413E
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1988
Intel Core i3-8121U Intel Core i3-8121U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1987
Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1975
Intel Core i3-8140U Intel Core i3-8140U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1974
Intel Core i5-2400S Intel Core i5-2400S
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1966
Intel Core i3-6098P Intel Core i3-6098P
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1965
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1965

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 Core i5-1030G7 Intel Core i5-1030G7
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1227
Intel Xeon Gold 6128 Intel Xeon Gold 6128
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
1227
Intel Xeon Gold 6154 Intel Xeon Gold 6154
18C 36T @ 3.70 GHz
1226
Intel Core i3-8140U Intel Core i3-8140U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1225
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1225
Intel Core i3-7100 Intel Core i3-7100
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1225
Intel Core i5-8600T Intel Core i5-8600T
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
1224

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.
Intel Core i7-2700K Intel Core i7-2700K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
2418
Intel Core i7-3770 Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
2418
Intel Core i3-8121U Intel Core i3-8121U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2414
Intel Core i3-8140U Intel Core i3-8140U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2403
Intel Core i3-4360 Intel Core i3-4360
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2398
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
2397
Intel Core i3-7300T Intel Core i3-7300T
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2397

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.
AMD A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
AMD A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
Intel Core i3-8140U Intel Core i3-8140U
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz
384
Intel Core i5-14450HX Intel Core i5-14450HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz
384
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Atom x7425E
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz
384
Intel Processor N200 Intel Processor N200
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 0.75 GHz
384

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 Core i5-3340 Intel Core i5-3340
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
4239
AMD Phenom II X4 960T AMD Phenom II X4 960T
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
4236
AMD Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
4236
Intel Core i3-8140U Intel Core i3-8140U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
4202
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
4184
AMD FX-6300 AMD FX-6300
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
4182
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
4178

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 i7-6920HQ Intel Core i7-6920HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
161
Intel Core i7-7560U Intel Core i7-7560U
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
161
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5 Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
161
Intel Core i3-8140U Intel Core i3-8140U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
160
Intel Core i3-8145U Intel Core i3-8145U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
160
Intel Core i3-6320 Intel Core i3-6320
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
160
Intel Core i5-10400T Intel Core i5-10400T
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
159

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 i5-760 Intel Core i5-760
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
342
Intel Core i5-4330M Intel Core i5-4330M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
341
Intel Core i3-6100T Intel Core i3-6100T
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
339
Intel Core i3-8140U Intel Core i3-8140U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
338
Intel Core i3-8145U Intel Core i3-8145U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
338
Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
336
Intel Core i5-6267U Intel Core i5-6267U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
336

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