Intel Core i3-6300 Benchmark, Test and specs

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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.
Intel Core i3-6300

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 (202)
CPU group: Intel Core i 6000 (24)
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): --

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
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 & 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.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
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

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Benchmark results

Verified 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 Intel Core i7-4980HQ
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
943
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
941
MediaTek Dimensity 8100 MediaTek Dimensity 8100
8C 8T @ 2.85 GHz
941
Intel Core i3-6300 Intel Core i3-6300
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
940
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
940
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
940
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 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 Intel Core i5-3570T
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
2232
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
2232
Intel Core i5-4590T Intel Core i5-4590T
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2231
Intel Core i3-6300 Intel Core i3-6300
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
2229
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
2225
MediaTek Dimensity 1080 MediaTek Dimensity 1080
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2219
UNISOC T770 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 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1249
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
1249
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+
8C 8T @ 3.10 GHz
1248
Intel Core i3-6300 Intel Core i3-6300
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1247
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1247
AMD EPYC 7532 AMD EPYC 7532
32C 64T @ 3.30 GHz
1246
Intel Core i5-8305G 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 AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
2589
Intel Core i7-3840QM Intel Core i7-3840QM
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
2588
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
2577
Intel Core i3-6300 Intel Core i3-6300
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
2568
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
2567
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
2566
Intel Core i5-7287U 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 Core i5-6600K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-6700 Intel Core i7-6700
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-6700K Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i3-6300 Intel Core i3-6300
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i5-10210U Intel Core i5-10210U
Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
441
AMD RX-416GD AMD RX-416GD
AMD Radeon R6 (Merlin Falcon) @ 0.58 GHz
440
Intel Core i7-4940MX 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 Intel Core i5-4440S
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
4381
Intel Core i5-3475S Intel Core i5-3475S
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
4372
Intel Core i7-2760QM Intel Core i7-2760QM
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
4369
Intel Core i3-6300 Intel Core i3-6300
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
4365
Intel Core i5-3470S Intel Core i5-3470S
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
4365
AMD Phenom II X4 970 AMD Phenom II X4 970
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
4361
Apple A11 Bionic 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 Intel Core i5-7600T
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
157
Intel Core i7-5950HQ Intel Core i7-5950HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
157
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
157
Intel Core i3-6300 Intel Core i3-6300
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
156
Intel Core i5-8600T Intel Core i5-8600T
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
156
Intel Core i5-6685R Intel Core i5-6685R
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
156
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G 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 Intel Core i3-10110U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
405
Intel Core i7-7660U Intel Core i7-7660U
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
405
Intel Core i5-4670T Intel Core i5-4670T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
404
Intel Core i3-6300 Intel Core i3-6300
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
403
Intel Pentium G4620 Intel Pentium G4620
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
403
Intel Core i5-7287U Intel Core i5-7287U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
401
Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
401

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