Intel Core i3-4160 vs Intel Core i7-4770R. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000 Intel Core i 4000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  4 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.6 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.1 11.1
• Execution units
  20 40
• Generation
  7.5 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4400 Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz 1350 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2013
• Shader
  160 320
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-4770R and Intel Core i3-4160. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-4160 and Intel Core i7-4770R Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  54 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-4160 and Intel Core i7-4770R, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell S Haswell S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q2/2013
• Socket
  LGA 1150 BGA 1364
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d