Intel Core i3-3220 vs Intel Core i3-4160

Core i3-3220 vs Core i3-4160 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4160 is faster than the Core i3-3220. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3220 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 i3-3220. The Core i3-4160 outputs less heat than Core i3-3220 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-3220 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.