Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i3-8109U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000M Intel Core i 8000U
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  3 8
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.1 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.1 GHz 3.2 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.0 12
• Execution units
  16 48
• Generation
  7 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 32 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q4/2017
• Shader
  128 384
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-8109U and Intel Core i5-3210M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-3210M and Intel Core i3-8109U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 28 W
• TDP down
  - 20 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-3210M and Intel Core i3-8109U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge H Coffee Lake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q4/2017
• Socket
  BGA 1023 BGA 1528
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d