Intel Core i3-6006U Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i3-6006U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 6. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1356 socket and was released in Q4/2016. The Intel Core i3-6006U scores 496 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,119 points.
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| Name: | Intel Core i3-6006U |
| Family: | Intel Core i3 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 6000U |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 6 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Intel Core i3-6006U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-6006U is 2.00 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 2 / 4 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 2x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 2.00 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | -- |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | -- |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i3-6006U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-6006U uses the Intel HD Graphics 520, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics 520 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.30 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 0.90 GHz |
| Execution units: | 24 |
| Shader: | 192 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 32 GB |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
| Generation: | 9 |
| Direct X: | 12 |
| Technology: | 14 nm |
| Release date: | Q3/2015 |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR4-2133 LPDDR3-1866 |
| Max. Memory: | 32 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 3.0 x 12 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | 100 °C |
Technical details
The Intel Core i3-6006U is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 3.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 14 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | BGA 1356 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 3.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Skylake U |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date: | Q4/2016 |
| Release price: | 281 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-6006U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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AMD FX-6120
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz |
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MediaTek Dimensity 800
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 410
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD A8-7600
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3240
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 610e
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.|
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Intel Core i5-5300U
Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Core M-5Y51
Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Core M-5Y71
Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6006U
Intel HD Graphics 520 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G7400TE
Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G7400T
Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G7400E
Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
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Intel Core i7-880
4C 8T @ 3.06 GHz |
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AMD A8-5550M
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD A10-7350B
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4302Y
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-940
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.|
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Intel Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3110M
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5005U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 955
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4005U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.|
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AMD Phenom II X4 945
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8600
2C 2T @ 3.33 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1820
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD A12-9720P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD Phenom II X6 1065T
6C 6T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron J4025
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5450
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5020U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1620T
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Celeron G1820TE
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Core m5-6Y54
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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AMD A8-7600
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD A10-5800K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1610
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4
6C 6T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Pentium G3240
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core M-5Y51
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core M-5Y70
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5020U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3220
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (SC)
1,664 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
1,651 entries
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FP32 SP iGPU
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PassMark CPU-Mark
1,424 entries
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
215 entries
215 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
719 entries
719 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,101 entries
1,101 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,096 entries
1,096 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries
942 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries
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