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Intel Core i3-4160 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-13

The Intel Core i3-4160 has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1150 socket and was released in Q3/2014. The Intel Core i3-4160 scores 807 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,885 points.

At a glance
Name:	Intel Core i3-4160
Family:	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 4000 (64)
Architecture:	Haswell S
Technology:	22 nm
Segment:	Desktop
Generation:	4
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-4160 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-4160 is 3.60 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	--

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--
NPU + CPU + iGPU:	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i3-4160 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-4160 uses the Intel HD Graphics 4400, which has 160 texture shaders and 20 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 4400
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.15 GHz
Compute units:	20
Shader:	160
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q2/2013

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	7.5
Direct X:	11.1
Technology:	22 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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:	No
VP9:	No

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

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 32 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.

DDR3-1600	25.6 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 The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 54 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):	54 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-4160 is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 3.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	22 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1150
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	3.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, 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:	Q3/2014
Release price:	117 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i3-4160
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-4160 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 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.


	Intel Core i5-4590S 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1116
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	1115
	Intel Core i5-4570 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1114
	Intel Core i3-4160 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1108
	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1108
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz	1104
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1103

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.


	Intel Core i3-6098P 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2348
	Intel Core i3-7100T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	2335
	Intel Core i7-3770T 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2311
	Intel Core i3-4160 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2307
	Intel Celeron G6900T 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	2306
	Intel Core i5-3570K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2286
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	2275

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 Core i5-3470T 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	811
	Intel Core i5-2550k 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	810
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	808
	Intel Core i3-4160 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	807
	Intel Core i7-4960X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	806
	Intel Core i3-4330 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	805
	Intel Core i5-3570 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	805

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 Core i3-7100T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1933
	Intel Core i3-4170 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1932
	AMD FX-6300 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1916
	Intel Core i3-4160 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1885
	Intel Core i3-4340 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1883
	Intel Core i3-4150 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1849
	AMD FX-6120 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1833

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 Processor 300 Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.45 GHz	371
	Intel Processor 310 Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.45 GHz	371
	AMD A8-6500T AMD Radeon HD 8550D @ 0.72 GHz	369
	Intel Core i3-4160 Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i3-4340 Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i3-4330 Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i3-4130 Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.15 GHz	368

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 i3-4330 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3550
	Intel Core i3-4340 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	3540
	Intel Pentium G4560 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3518
	Intel Core i3-4160 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	3517
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	3500
	AMD Phenom II X4 920 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3489
	AMD Phenom II X4 925 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3489

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	340
	Intel Pentium G4560 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	339
	Intel Core i7-2600 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	337
	Intel Core i3-4160 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	331
	Intel Core i5-2400 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	317
	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	316
	Intel Core i3-4130 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	313

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Pentium G4560 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	994
	AMD FX-6200 6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz	987
	Intel Core i5-760 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	975
	Intel Core i3-4160 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	974
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz	959
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz	953
	Intel Core i3-4150 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	947

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 i3-7100T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	146
	Intel Core i5-5675C 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	146
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	146
	Intel Core i3-4160 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	145
	Intel Core i7-4790 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	145
	Intel Celeron G5900 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	145
	Intel Core i7-4790S 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	145

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 i3-4360 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	377
	AMD Phenom II X4 980 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	375
	Intel Core i3-7100T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	371
	Intel Core i3-4160 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	367
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	366
	Intel Core i3-4340 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	363
	Intel Core i3-4350 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	363

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,818 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,764 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,501 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,473 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,089 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,423 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
239 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
741 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,103 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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