Intel Core i3-4160 vs Intel Core i5-4310M

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-4310M

Price

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$ 98.00

$ 88.04

$ 9.96 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1444 points

15% slightly better overall score

1246 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2813 points

13% slightly better gaming score

2481 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1081 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

926 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1038 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

889 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.82 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

19.06 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1850 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1697 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

962 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

859 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2084 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1883 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1076 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1000 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W

37 W

45% significantly 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

823rd of 1,089

886th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2014 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-4160 vs Core i5-4310M comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4160 is faster than the Core i5-4310M. Despite this, the Core i5-4310M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4160 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4310M. The Core i5-4310M outputs less heat than Core i3-4160 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-4160 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.