Intel Core i3-4160 vs Intel Core i7-2670QM

Core i3-4160 vs Core i7-2670QM benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2670QM is faster than the Core i3-4160. Despite this, the Core i3-4160 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores than the Core i3-4160. Indeed, the Core i7-2670QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-4160. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4160. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4160 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2670QM. The Core i7-2670QM outputs less heat than Core i3-4160 thanks to a slightly 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.