Intel Pentium G3220 vs Intel Core i3-4160

Intel Pentium G3220
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Pentium G3220
Intel Core i3-4160
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Core i3-4160

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    142%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    127%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    157%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3220

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4160

Much higher single threaded performance (around 27% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 57% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 42% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-4160

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4160

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-4160

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4160

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i3-4160
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
CLMUL
FMA3
AVX
AVX2
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX

Architecture

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i3-4160
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameHaswellvsHaswell
Release DateSep 2013vsJul 2014

Cores

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i3-4160
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Haswell)vsIntel HD 4400

Cache

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i3-4160
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i3-4160
SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size177mm²vs177mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G3220Intel Core i3-4160
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP54 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    3360 points
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    4032 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    6720 points
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    9676 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    4272
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    6647

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    2603
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    3417

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    4702
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    7278

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium G3220
    2402
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    3151

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G3220 (simulated)
    121.67
  • Intel Core i3-4160 (simulated)
    145.85

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G3220 (simulated)
    221.79
  • Intel Core i3-4160 (simulated)
    360

points - higher is better