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Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i3-6300

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 56 %
Intel Core i5-3210M
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6300
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 54 %
Intel Core i5-3210M
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6300
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-3210M
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
540
Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
1,247
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-3210M
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
1,102
Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
2,568
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-3210M
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
645
Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
940
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-3210M
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
1,366
Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
2,229
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-3210M
Intel HD Graphics 4000
282
Intel Core i3-6300
Intel HD Graphics 530
442
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-3210M
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
106 cb
Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
156 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-3210M
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
258 cb
Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
403 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core i3-6300
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 3000M (29)Intel Core i 6000 (24)
ArchitectureIvy Bridge HSkylake S
Technology22 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1023LGA 1151
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i5-4210MIntel Core i3-7300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core i3-6300
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.50 GHz 3.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.10 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core i3-6300
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4000Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.10 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 12824 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology22 nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2011Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core i3-6300
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core i3-6300
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core i3-6300
TDP35 W51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core i3-6300
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2012Q3/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-3210M
Intel Core i5-3210M
2C / 4T · 2.50 - 3.10 GHz
Intel Core i3-6300
Intel Core i3-6300
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

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