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| Intel Pentium G3260 vs Core i3 4160 |
Released January, 2015
Intel Pentium G3260
- 3.3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium G3260
![]() | Newer Jan, 2015 |
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Released July, 2014
Intel Core i3 4160
- 3.6 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Core i3 4160
![]() | Higher clock speed 3.6 GHz | ![]() | More threads 4 |
![]() | Much better turbo clock speed 1,150 MHz | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.67 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Newer | Jan, 2015 | vs | Jul, 2014 | Release date 6 months later | |||
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Higher clock speed | 3.6 GHz | vs | 3.3 GHz | Around 10% higher clock speed | |||
More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
Much better turbo clock speed | 1,150 MHz | vs | 1,100 MHz | Around 5% better turbo clock speed | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.67 GHz | vs | 3.37 GHz | Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.81 GHz | vs | 3.3 GHz | More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water) |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium G3260 vs Core i3 4160
CompuBench 1.5 (Ocean surface simulation) Data courtesy CompuBench
Pentium G3260
16.62 fps
Core i3 4160
113.14 fps
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G3260
3,672
Core i3 4160
6,684
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G3260
2,237
Core i3 4160
3,159
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G3260
72.9 MB/s
Core i3 4160
3,620,000 MB/s
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Pentium G3260
3,385
Core i3 4160
5,042
PassMark (Single Core)
Pentium G3260
1,919
Core i3 4160
2,077
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium G3260 | vs | Core i3 4160 |
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Clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Supports trusted computing | No | No | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE2 | |||
MMX | |||
SSE4 | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
AVX 2.0 | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 53W | 54W | |
Annual home energy cost | 12.77 $/year | 13.01 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 46.43 $/year | 47.3 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 2.14 pt/W | 12.89 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 43.06W | 43.88W | |
bus | |||
Architecture | DMI 2.0 | DMI 2.0 | |
Number of links | 0 | 0 | |
Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s |
details | Pentium G3260 | vs | Core i3 4160 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 2 | 4 | |
Manufacture process | 22 nm | 22 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 72°C | Unknown - 72°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 3.37 GHz | 3.67 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.3 GHz | 3.81 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.37 GHz | 3.67 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | GPU | GPU | |
Label | Intel® HD Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics 4400 | |
Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 | |
GPU clock speed | 350 MHz | 350 MHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 1,100 MHz | 1,150 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1600 | |||
DDR3L-1600 | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3L-1333 | |||
Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
Maximum bandwidth | 12,800 MB/s | 25,600 MB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 32,768 MB | 32,768 MB |
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