Intel Core i3-4160 vs Intel Core i7-960

Core i3-4160 vs Core i7-960 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-960 performs better than the Core i3-4160. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4160 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-960 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-4160. Indeed, the Core i7-960 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-960. A Core i3-4160 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 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.