Intel Core i3-4160 vs AMD Phenom II X4 945

Core i3-4160 vs Phenom II X4 945 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X4 945 is faster than the Core i3-4160. Despite this, the Core i3-4160 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X4 945 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4160 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 945.

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.