Intel Core i3-4160 vs Intel Pentium N3710. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Pentium
• Generation
  4 7
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000 Intel Pentium J3000/N3700

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.60 GHz 1.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.56 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4400 Intel HD Graphics 405 (16EU)
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz 0.70 GHz
• Execution units
  20 16
• Shader
  160 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  7.5 8
• DirectX Version
  11.1 12
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2015

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium N3710 and Intel Core i3-4160. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 4

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-4160 and Intel Pentium N3710 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  54 W 6 W

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Haswell S Braswell
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1150 BGA 1170
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q1/2016