Intel Core i3-4160 vs Intel Pentium G4520

Core i3-4160 vs Pentium G4520 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4160 is faster than the Pentium G4520. Despite this, the Pentium G4520 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-4160 has more threads. According to our data, the Core i3-4160 and Pentium G4520 have the same clock speed. The Pentium G4520 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.

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.