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Intel Celeron N3160 vs Intel Core i3-8300

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 18 %
Intel Celeron N3160
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8300
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 18 %
Intel Celeron N3160
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8300
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron N3160
4C / 4T · 2.24 GHz
179
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,296
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron N3160
4C / 4T · 2.24 GHz
512
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
3,868
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron N3160
4C / 4T · 2.24 GHz
228
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,040
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron N3160
4C / 4T · 2.24 GHz
774
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
3,425
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Celeron N3160
Intel HD Graphics 400
134
Intel Core i3-8300
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron N3160
4C / 4T · 2.24 GHz
38 cb
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
158 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron N3160
4C / 4T · 2.24 GHz
136 cb
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
633 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Celeron N3160Intel Core i3-8300
FamilyIntel Celeron (165)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Celeron J3000/N3000 (10)Intel Core i 8000 (20)
ArchitectureBraswellCoffee Lake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1170LGA 1151-2
PredecessorIntel Core i3-7300
SuccessorIntel Core i3-9300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Celeron N3160Intel Core i3-8300
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 1.60 GHz 3.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.24 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.24 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Celeron N3160Intel Core i3-8300
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 400Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.32 - 0.64 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 9624 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory8 GB64 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2015Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Celeron N3160Intel Core i3-8300
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Celeron N3160Intel Core i3-8300
MemoryDDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe2.0 x 43.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth2.0 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Celeron N3160Intel Core i3-8300
TDP6 W62 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down4 W
T. junction max.90 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Celeron N3160Intel Core i3-8300
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2016Q4/2017
Release price125 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Celeron N3160
Intel Celeron N3160
4C / 4T · 1.60 - 2.24 GHz
Intel Core i3-8300
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

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