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Intel Core i3-8300 vs Intel Core i3-6100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8300
Rank 2 - 90 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8300
Rank 2 - 63 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,296
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,208
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
3,868
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,355
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,040
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
901
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
3,425
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,064
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-8300
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel HD Graphics 530
403
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
158 cb
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
152 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
633 cb
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
392 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i3-8300Intel Core i3-6100
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)Intel Core i 6000 (24)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SSkylake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2LGA 1151
PredecessorIntel Core i3-7300
SuccessorIntel Core i3-9300Intel Core i3-7100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-8300Intel Core i3-6100
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.70 GHz 3.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-8300Intel Core i3-6100
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB32 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-8300Intel Core i3-6100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-8300Intel Core i3-6100
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesYes
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-8300Intel Core i3-6100
TDP62 W51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-8300Intel Core i3-6100
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2017Q3/2015
Release price125 $117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-8300
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4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
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Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

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