Intel Core i3-4160 vs Intel Core i7-930

Core i3-4160 vs Core i7-930 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-930 beats the Core i3-4160 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4160 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-930 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-4160 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4160. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4160 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-930. A Core i3-4160 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-930 CPU because of its 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.