Intel Core i5-11400H vs Intel Core i3-4160

Core i5-11400H vs Core i3-4160 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11400H 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-11400H has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-4160 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4160. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4160 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400H. A Core i5-11400H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4160 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 i5-11400H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.