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General information Core i3-4160 Core i3-3240
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1150 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 5.6 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 W 1.8 % 55 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 3 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 4400 Intel HD Graphics 2500
Performance Core i3-4160 Core i3-3240
Overall Score 38827 0 % 34991 9.9 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 28 % 34.9 %
Benchmark Score 2273 0 % 1499 34.1 %
Single Thread Score 2003 0 % 1770.9 11.6 %
Encrypting Data 5188.7 MB/s 0 % 3443.3 MB/s 33.6 %
Compressing Data 50.2 MB/s 0 % 46 MB/s 8.3 %
String objects sorting 7059.5 thousand/s 0 % 6445.1 thousand/s 8.7 %
Prime numbers generation 14 millions/s 0 % 12.9 millions/s 7.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12125.5 millions/s 0 % 10211.3 millions/s 15.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6184.2 millions/s 0 % 5243 millions/s 15.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-4160, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Core i3-4160 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 70.0 FPS 58.6 FPS
High settings 112.0 FPS 93.8 FPS
Medium settings 140.0 FPS 117.3 FPS
Low settings 175.0 FPS 146.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i3-4160 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.8 FPS 112.0 FPS
High settings 190.2 FPS 179.3 FPS
Medium settings 237.7 FPS 224.1 FPS
Low settings 297.1 FPS 280.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.7 %
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