Intel Core i3-6006U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-04-16

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 505 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 (205)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 6000U (20)
Architecture:	Skylake U
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):	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

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
Compute units:	24
Shader:	192
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q3/2015

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	32 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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 type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

LPDDR3-1866 DDR4-2133 DDR3-1600	29.9 GB/s 34.1 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth:	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The 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.

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
AES-NI:	Yes
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:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz

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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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz	508
	AMD Athlon II X2 280 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	507
	AMD A10-7850K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	506
	Intel Core i3-6006U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	505
	Intel Core i3-5005U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	505
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	504
	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz	504

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.


	Intel Pentium G2030 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	1124
	Intel Celeron N3450 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1122
	Intel Core i5-4302Y 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1120
	Intel Core i3-6006U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1119
	AMD Athlon II X4 610e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1115
	Intel Pentium G860 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	1115
	Intel Pentium G3220T 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	1112

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	646
	Intel Core i7-980 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	645
	Intel Core i7-980X 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	645
	Intel Core i3-6006U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	644
	Intel Core i5-3330 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	643
	Intel Core i5-3330S 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	642
	Intel Core i7-2960XM 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	640

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1365
	Intel Pentium N6211 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1362
	Intel Pentium N6415 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1362
	Intel Core i3-6006U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1361
	Intel Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	1360
	Intel Pentium G3450 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	1360
	MediaTek Helio G80 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1350

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.


	Intel Core i5-5300U Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.90 GHz	346
	Intel Core M-5Y51 Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.90 GHz	346
	Intel Core M-5Y71 Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.90 GHz	346
	Intel Core i3-6006U Intel HD Graphics 520 @ 0.90 GHz	346
	Intel Pentium Gold G7400TE Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz	345
	Intel Pentium Gold G7400T Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz	345
	Intel Pentium Gold G7400E Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz	345

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.


	Intel Celeron G4900T 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	2290
	AMD A8-3530MX 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	2286
	Intel Pentium Gold 4417U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	2285
	Intel Core i3-6006U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	2284
	AMD A8-3520M 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2281
	AMD Athlon II X4 641 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2279
	AMD A6-3430MX 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2277

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.


	Intel Core i5-4200U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	207
	Intel Core i3-3110M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	199
	Intel Core i3-5005U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	197
	Intel Core i3-6006U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	186
	AMD Phenom II X4 955 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	156
	Intel Core i3-4005U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	148
	Intel Core m3-7Y30 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	120

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.


	AMD Phenom II X4 945 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	564
	Intel Core2 Duo E8600 2C 2T @ 3.33 GHz	563
	Intel Celeron G1820 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	560
	Intel Core i3-6006U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	558
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	557
	AMD A12-9720P 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	543
	Intel Pentium G2010 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	542

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.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1065T 6C 6T @ 3.40 GHz	85
	Intel Celeron 3955U 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	85
	Intel Celeron J4025 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	85
	Intel Core i3-6006U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	84
	Intel Xeon E5450 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	84
	Intel Core i3-5020U 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	84
	Intel Celeron G1620T 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	84

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.


	Intel Celeron G1820TE 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	217
	Intel Core m5-6Y54 2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	217
	Intel Pentium G2030 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	217
	Intel Core i3-6006U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	214
	AMD A10-9600P 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	214
	Intel Core i3-5015U 2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	214
	AMD A8-7600 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	214

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,039 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
231 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
733 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

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