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Intel Core i3-6300 vs Intel Core2 Duo E6600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6300
Rank 2 - 32 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6300
Rank 2 - 22 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
940
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
302
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
2,229
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
513
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
156 cb
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
60 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
403 cb
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
113 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000 (24)Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15)
ArchitectureSkylake SConroe (Core)
Technology14 nm65 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151LGA 775
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 3.80 GHz 2.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache4.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
TDP51 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ3/2015Q3/2006
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-6300
Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz

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