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Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i5-6600

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 54 %

Intel Core i5-3210M

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-6600

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 39 %

Intel Core i5-3210M

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-6600

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

563 pts

4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,041 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,431 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,741 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

540

4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,278

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,102

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,648

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

231 cb

4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

381 cb

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

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

645

4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

966

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

562 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,411 cb

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

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,366

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,167

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

282

Intel HD Graphics 530

442

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

710

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,586

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

106 cb

4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

166 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

258 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

597 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 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

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3210M	Intel Core i5-6600
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000M (29)	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge H	Skylake S
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1023	LGA 1151
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i5-4210M	Intel Core i5-7600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3210M	Intel Core i5-6600
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	2.50 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.10 GHz	3.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.10 GHz	3.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3210M	Intel Core i5-6600
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.10 GHz	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	16 / 128	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	32 GB
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3210M	Intel Core i5-6600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3210M	Intel Core i5-6600
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3210M	Intel Core i5-6600
TDP	35 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3210M	Intel Core i5-6600
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, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2012	Q3/2015
Release price		250 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★