Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Core i3-4160

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-4160

Price

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$ 170.00

$ 98.00

$ 72.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1307 points

1444 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2496 points

2813 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

989 points

1081 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

949 points

1038 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

14.23 points

23.82 points

67% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1073 points

1850 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

516 points

962 points

86% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1022 points

2084 points

103% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

497 points

1076 points

116% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

54 W

20% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

869th of 1,089

823rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-2120 vs Core i3-4160 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4160 performs better than the Core i3-2120. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2120 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4160 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2120. The Core i3-4160 outputs less heat than Core i3-2120 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.