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Intel Core i3-6300 vs Intel Core i5-2500

Last updated: 2026-04-07

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-6300

Rank 2 - 65 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-6300

Rank 2 - 91 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,247

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

633

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

2,568

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,845

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

2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

940

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

737

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

2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

2,229

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,425

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 530

442

Intel HD Graphics 2000

106

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6300	Intel Core i5-2500
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture	Skylake S	Sandy Bridge S
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i3-7300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6300	Intel Core i5-2500
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	3.80 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6300	Intel Core i5-2500
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 530	Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	2 GB
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Release date	Q3/2015	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6300	Intel Core i5-2500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6300	Intel Core i5-2500
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6300	Intel Core i5-2500
TDP	51 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-6300	Intel Core i5-2500
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q3/2015	Q1/2011
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-6300 is 3.0 stars (5 ratings), while Intel Core i5-2500 has received 4.4 stars (27 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★