AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i3-4160

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2018
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
Intel Core i3-4160
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Core i3-4160

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4160

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 3 2300X.

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i3-4160
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
Precision Boost
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i3-4160
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsHaswell
Release DateAug 2018vsJul 2014

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i3-4160
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4400

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i3-4160
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4096 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i3-4160
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size210mm²vs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 2300XIntel Core i3-4160
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    4620 points
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    4032 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    15400 points
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    9676 points

Points - higher is better