UserBenchmark: Intel Core i3-4160 vs i3-6300

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Best Bench: 75% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 52% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 52% Great: 75%

SPEED RANK: 467^th / 1442

Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 75%

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Workstation 49%

Yacht

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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: 679^th / 1442

Gaming 55%

Gunboat

Desktop 63%

Destroyer

Workstation 40%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		66.7 %	Faster effective speed. +21%		55.1 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	83.3 Pts	Lower memory latency. +14%	73 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	107 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +24%	86.4 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	189 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +24%	152 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	290 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +35%	215 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	297 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +33%	224 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	93.8 Pts	+2%	92 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	121 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +20%	101 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	223 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +25%	179 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	335 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +26%	265 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	334 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +27%	264 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %		0.09 %	Hugely higher market share. +350%
Value Value For Money	110 %	Much better value. +42%	77.8 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %		54 %	+4%
Price Price (score)	$44	Much cheaper. +44%	$79


Age Newest	102 Months	More recent. +11%	115 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watts	More energy efficient. +13%	54 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	2 cores		2 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.8 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%	3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.8 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +6%	3.6 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	335 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +26%	266 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	299 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +33%	224 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Skylake	Haswell
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA1150
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 530	HD 4400
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'15	Q3'14
Cache Cache	4 MB SmartCache	3 MB SmartCache
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$138.00 - $147.00	$117.00
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	5 GT/s DMI2
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification	PCG 2015C (65W)	PCG 2013C
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	64 GB	32 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 530	Intel® HD Graphics 4400
Graphics Output Graphics Output	eDP/DP/HDMI/DVI	eDP/DP/HDMI/DVI/VGA
Graphics Video Max Memory Graphics Video Max Memory	64 GB	2 GB
Graphics and IMC Lithography Graphics and IMC Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	Yes	No
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3.0	Up to 3.0
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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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