Intel Core i3-4160 vs Intel Pentium G4520

Intel Core i3-4160
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Core i3-4160
Intel Pentium G4520
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Pentium G4520

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i3-4160
    108%
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-4160
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    104%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-4160
    120%
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4160

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 20% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4520

None

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i3-4160

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4160

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i3-4160Intel Pentium G4520
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
SSE4.1

Architecture

Intel Core i3-4160Intel Pentium G4520
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameHaswellvsSkylake
Release DateJul 2014vsSep 2015

Cores

Intel Core i3-4160Intel Pentium G4520
Cores2vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4400vsIntel HD 530

Cache

Intel Core i3-4160Intel Pentium G4520
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i3-4160Intel Pentium G4520
SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA12Cvs
Die Size177mm²vs150mm²
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i3-4160Intel Pentium G4520
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP54 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-4160
    4032 points
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-4160
    9676 points
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    8280 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-4160 (simulated)
    145.85
  • Intel Pentium G4520 (simulated)
    153

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-4160 (simulated)
    360
  • Intel Pentium G4520 (simulated)
    297.82

points - higher is better