Intel Core i3-4160 vs Intel Xeon L5520

Core i3-4160 vs Xeon L5520 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon L5520 beats the Core i3-4160 in overall performance. 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 Xeon L5520 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-4160. Indeed, the Xeon L5520 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-4160. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4160. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4160 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon L5520. A Core i3-4160 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon L5520 CPU because of its 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.