Intel Core i3-4160 vs Intel Core i5-4460T

Core i3-4160 vs Core i5-4460T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4160 performs better than the Core i5-4460T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-4460T has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-4160 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4160 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460T. The Core i5-4460T 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.

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 i3-4160 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.