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2 Cores, 4 Threads @3.6GHz, Haswell.
Release date: Q3 2014.

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4 Cores, 4 Threads @1.60 GHz, Cherry Trail.
Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Effective Speed 
+106%
Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 67% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 34% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)
Poor: 34% Great: 67%
SPEED RANK: 705th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski
376 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 32% Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 17% Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 17% Great: 32%
SPEED RANK: 1401st / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 27%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 28%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		55.1 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+106% 		26.7 %
Average Score 
+176%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		73 Pts Hugely lower memory latency.
+88% 		38.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		86.4 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+263% 		23.8 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		152 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+221% 		47.3 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		215 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+150% 		86 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		224 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+156% 		87.6 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+189%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		92 Pts Hugely lower OC memory latency.
+89% 		48.6 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		101 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+293% 		25.7 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		179 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+248% 		51.4 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		265 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+157% 		103 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		264 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+156% 		103 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.06 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		54 % Slightly more popular.
+6% 		51 %
Nice To Haves 
+99%
Age
Newest 		122 Months 97+ Months More recent.
+20%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		266 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+161% 		102 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		224 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+156% 		87.4 Pts
Specifications 
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q3'14 Q1'16
Cache
Cache 		3 MB SmartCache 2 MB
Lithography
Lithography 		22 nm 14 nm
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price 		$117.00 $37.00
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 		32 GB 8 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types 		DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V LPDDR3 1600
Processor Graphics
Processor Graphics ‡ 		Intel® HD Graphics 4400 Intel® HD Graphics 405
Graphics Base Frequency
Graphics Base Frequency 		350 MHz 200.00 MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency 		1.15 GHz 600.00 MHz
Graphics Video Max Memory
Graphics Video Max Memory 		2 GB 8 GB
Package Size
Package Size 		37.5mm x 37.5mm 17mm x 17mm
PCI Express Revision
PCI Express Revision 		Up to 3.0 2.0
PCI Express Configurations
PCI Express Configurations ‡ 		Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4 2x1, 1x2
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes 		16 2

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 55.1%
Average Bench 26.7%

The Intel Core i3-4160 is a dual-core four threaded 4th generation (Haswell) processor. It was released in Q3 2014 and scores a respectable 91 for effective speed. With its base frequency of 3.6 GHz, the 4160 is fast enough to run the vast majority of applications smoothly and it’s very reasonably priced for its performance which make it a sensible choice even when considering building a gaming PC. Although the integrated Intel HD Graphics 4400 are absolutely fine for general desktop use such as web browsing and word processing they may bottleneck a gaming machine. A 20% price premium would buy the slightly older i3-4350 which has a 33% larger (4MB) cache but its only about 1% faster (full comparison here). Overall the i3-4160 represents the best value for money I have seen outside Intel's Pentium and Celeron range of CPUs. [Nov '14 CPUPro]

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