Intel Celeron J3160 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-21

The Intel Celeron J3160 has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 8. gen of the Intel Celeron series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1170 socket and was released in Q1/2016. The Intel Celeron J3160 scores 222 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 764 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Celeron J3160
Family:	Intel Celeron
CPU group:	Intel Celeron J3000/N3000
Architecture:	Braswell
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	8
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron J3160 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron J3160 is 1.60 GHz (2.24 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	1.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	2.24 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	2.24 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron J3160 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Celeron J3160 uses the Intel HD Graphics 400, which has 96 texture shaders and 12 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 400
GPU frequency:	0.32 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	0.70 GHz
Compute units:	12
Shader:	96
Max. GPU Memory:	8 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	8
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Release date:	Q1/2015

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 8 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR3L-1600	25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	8 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 4
PCIe Bandwidth:	2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	6 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	90 °C

Technical details

The Intel Celeron J3160 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1170
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	2.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date:	Q1/2016
Release price:	107 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz (2.24 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Celeron J3160 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 Atom x5-Z8500 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	224
	Intel Celeron N2808 2C 2T @ 2.25 GHz	223
	Intel Pentium T2330 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	223
	Intel Celeron J3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	222
	AMD Athlon II X2 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	222
	Intel Pentium 957 2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz	222
	Intel Celeron N3050 2C 2T @ 2.16 GHz	221

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.


	AMD Athlon II X3 400e 3C 3T @ 2.20 GHz	765
	Intel Celeron N3150 4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz	765
	Intel Pentium J2900 4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz	765
	Intel Celeron J3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	764
	HiSilicon Kirin 650 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	763
	Intel Pentium E6600 2C 2T @ 3.06 GHz	761
	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	756

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 Atom x5-Z8500 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	184
	Intel Pentium N3520 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	184
	MediaTek Helio G35 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	183
	Intel Celeron J3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	182
	Intel Celeron N2808 2C 2T @ 2.25 GHz	181
	MediaTek MT8766B 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	179
	Intel Celeron N3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	179

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 Pentium 2117U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	562
	Intel Pentium 3558U 2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz	561
	Intel Pentium N3520 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	560
	Intel Celeron J3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	555
	Intel Pentium J2850 4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz	554
	Intel Celeron 1000M 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	553
	Intel Core i3-2375M 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	546

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 Celeron 3205U Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz	154
	Intel Celeron 3755U Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz	154
	Intel Pentium 3805U Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz	154
	Intel Celeron J3160 Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.70 GHz	147
	Intel Celeron J3060 Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.70 GHz	147
	Intel Celeron J4125 Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.75 GHz	144
	Intel Celeron J4105 Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.75 GHz	144

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 i3-2350M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	1270
	AMD Athlon II X2 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	1269
	Intel Celeron 2950M 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	1267
	Intel Celeron J3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	1265
	Intel Celeron 1020M 2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz	1265
	Intel Celeron 3855U 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	1265
	Intel Celeron 3765U 2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz	1265

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 Celeron 2961Y 2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz	39
	Intel Celeron J1900 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	39
	Intel Pentium N3510 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	39
	Intel Celeron J3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	38
	Intel Atom Z3795 4C 4T @ 2.39 GHz	38
	Intel Celeron N3010 2C 2T @ 2.24 GHz	38
	Intel Celeron N3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	38

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.


	AMD A10-7300 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	139
	Intel Celeron 3865U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	139
	Intel Celeron N4000 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	138
	Intel Celeron J3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	136
	Intel Celeron N3160 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	136
	Intel Atom x5-Z8500 4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz	136
	AMD A9-9420 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	134

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,399 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,372 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,648 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,599 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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