Intel Core i3-6300 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-13

The Intel Core i3-6300 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 LGA 1151 socket and was released in Q3/2015. The Intel Core i3-6300 scores 940 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,229 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i3-6300. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i3-6300.
Name:	Intel Core i3-6300
Family:	Intel Core i3
CPU group:	Intel Core i 6000
Architecture:	Skylake S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	6
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	Intel Core i3-7300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-6300 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-6300 is 3.80 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:	3.80 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 i3-6300 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-6300 uses the Intel HD Graphics 530, 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 530
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.15 GHz
Compute 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 type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 64 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.

DDR4-2133 DDR3-1600	34.1 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	64 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 51 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):	51 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-6300 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 4.00 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:	LGA 1151
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	4.00 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:	Q3/2015
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i3-6300
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-6300 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 Core i7-4980HQ 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	943
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	941
	MediaTek Dimensity 8100 8C 8T @ 2.85 GHz	941
	Intel Core i3-6300 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	940
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400E 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	940
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	940
	AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	940

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 Core i5-3570T 4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	2232
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	2232
	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2231
	Intel Core i3-6300 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2229
	AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	2225
	MediaTek Dimensity 1080 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	2219
	UNISOC T770 8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2207

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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1249
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz	1249
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus 8C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	1248
	Intel Core i3-6300 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1247
	Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1247
	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 3.30 GHz	1246
	Intel Core i5-8305G 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1245

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.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	2589
	Intel Core i7-3840QM 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	2588
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U 4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	2577
	Intel Core i3-6300 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2568
	AMD Ryzen 3 3300U 4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	2567
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2566
	Intel Core i5-7287U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	2539

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 i5-6600K Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz	442
	Intel Core i7-6700 Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz	442
	Intel Core i7-6700K Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz	442
	Intel Core i3-6300 Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz	442
	Intel Core i5-10210U Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 1.10 GHz	441
	AMD RX-416GD AMD Radeon R6 (Merlin Falcon) @ 0.58 GHz	440
	Intel Core i7-4940MX Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.35 GHz	432

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 Core i5-4440S 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	4381
	Intel Core i5-3475S 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	4372
	Intel Core i7-2760QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	4369
	Intel Core i3-6300 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	4365
	Intel Core i5-3470S 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	4365
	AMD Phenom II X4 970 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	4361
	Apple A11 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz	4360

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.


	Intel Core i5-7600T 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	157
	Intel Core i7-5950HQ 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	157
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	157
	Intel Core i3-6300 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	156
	Intel Core i5-8600T 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	156
	Intel Core i5-6685R 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	156
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	155

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 Core i3-10110U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	405
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	405
	Intel Core i5-4670T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	404
	Intel Core i3-6300 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	403
	Intel Pentium G4620 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	403
	Intel Core i5-7287U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	401
	Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	401

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,646 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,597 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

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