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    Intel Pentium G630 vs Intel Core i3-4160

    Intel Pentium G630
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    2700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2011
    Intel Pentium G630
    Intel Core i3-4160
    Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
    Intel Core i3-4160

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Pentium G630
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      184%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Pentium G630
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      167%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Pentium G630
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      200%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G630

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4160

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 67% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 100% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Around 84% 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 G630Intel Core i3-4160
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    AES-NI
    AVX2
    Hyper-Threading
    TSX
    CLMUL
    FMA3

    Architecture

    Intel Pentium G630Intel Core i3-4160
    ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameSandy BridgevsHaswell
    Release DateSep 2011vsJul 2014

    Cores

    Intel Pentium G630Intel Core i3-4160
    Cores2vs2
    Threads2vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD 4400

    Cache

    Intel Pentium G630Intel 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 G630Intel Core i3-4160
    SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size131mm²vs177mm²
    Process32 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    Intel Pentium G630Intel Core i3-4160
    Cpu Frequency2700 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Turbo Clocknonevsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs54 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Pentium G630
      2700 points
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      4032 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Pentium G630
      5400 points
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      9676 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Pentium G630
      3072
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      6647

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Pentium G630
      2078
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      3417

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Pentium G630
      3664
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      7278

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Pentium G630
      1799
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      3151

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Pentium G630 (simulated)
      89.03
    • Intel Core i3-4160 (simulated)
      145.85

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • Intel Pentium G630 (simulated)
      192.27
    • Intel Core i3-4160 (simulated)
      360

    points - higher is better

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