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General information Core i3-4160 Core i3-3250
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2013
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 % 3.5 GHz 2.8 %
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 Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 4400 Intel HD Graphics 2500
Performance Core i3-4160 Core i3-3250
Overall Score 38918 0 % 35508 8.8 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 34 % 20.9 %
Benchmark Score 2294 0 % 1590 30.7 %
Single Thread Score 2010 0 % 1852.5 7.8 %
Encrypting Data 4875.4 MB/s 0 % 3388.6 MB/s 30.5 %
Compressing Data 50.2 MB/s 0 % 47.8 MB/s 5 %
String objects sorting 7138.6 thousand/s 0 % 6757.5 thousand/s 5.3 %
Prime numbers generation 13.9 millions/s 0.8 % 14 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12247.6 millions/s 0 % 10851.4 millions/s 11.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6228.4 millions/s 0 % 5481.1 millions/s 12 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-4160, Core i3-3250.

Average frames per second Core i3-4160 Core i3-3250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 70.0 FPS 59.9 FPS
High settings 112.0 FPS 95.8 FPS
Medium settings 139.9 FPS 119.8 FPS
Low settings 174.9 FPS 149.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.4 %

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 i3-3250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.8 FPS 112.8 FPS
High settings 190.1 FPS 180.5 FPS
Medium settings 237.7 FPS 225.6 FPS
Low settings 297.1 FPS 282.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.1 %
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