UserBenchmark: Intel Core i3-4160 vs i9-9900

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Best Bench: 99% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 79% Great: 99%

SPEED RANK: 134^th / 1442

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 89%

Aircraft carrier

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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%

Jet ski


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		91.4 %	Much faster effective speed. +66%		55.1 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	88.8 Pts	Lower memory latency. +22%	73 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	137 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +59%	86.4 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	267 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +76%	152 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	505 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +135%	215 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	891 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +298%	224 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.3 Pts	+5%	92 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	147 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +46%	101 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	291 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +63%	179 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	565 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +113%	265 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1073 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +306%	264 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.08 %	0.1 %	Higher market share. +25%
Value Value For Money	53.2 %	77.8 %	Much better value. +46%
User Rating UBM User Rating	53 %	54 %	+2%
Price Price (score)	$1,989	$79	Hugely cheaper. +96%


Age Newest	58+ Months	Much more recent. +50%	115 Months
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1514 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +469%	266 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1294 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +478%	224 Pts


Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'19	Q3'14
Cache Cache	16 MB SmartCache	3 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
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)	128 GB	32 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-2666	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported ECC Memory Supported ‡	No	Yes
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® UHD Graphics 630	Intel® HD Graphics 4400
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.20 GHz	1.15 GHz
Graphics Video Max Memory Graphics Video Max Memory	64 GB	2 GB
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2.0	No
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	Yes	No
TSX-NI Intel® TSX-NI	Yes	No
Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)	Yes	No
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	Yes	No
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3.0	Up to 3.0
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Offered pretty much same performance as i9-9900K but without ability to OC and has lower base clock and all-core boost clock. Requires minimum Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo to sufficiently cool this monstrosity. ^{[Oct '19 ColdSpy]}

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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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