Intel Core i3-8300 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-13

The Intel Core i3-8300 has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 8. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1151-2 socket and was released in Q4/2017. The Intel Core i3-8300 scores 1,040 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 3,425 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i3-8300. 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 i3-8300.
Name:	Intel Core i3-8300
Family:	Intel Core i3
CPU group:	Intel Core i 8000
Architecture:	Coffee Lake S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	8
Predecessor:	Intel Core i3-7300
Successor:	Intel Core i3-9300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-8300 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-8300 is 3.70 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (4 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 i3-8300 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-8300 uses the Intel UHD Graphics 630, 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 UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.10 GHz
Compute units:	24
Shader:	192
Max. GPU Memory:	64 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Release date:	Q4/2017

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 / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

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 38.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2400	38.4 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 62 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):	62 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-8300 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 6.00 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 1151-2
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	6.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, 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:	Q4/2017
Release price:	125 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-8300 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 E3-1270 v3 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1041
	Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1041
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218 16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz	1041
	Intel Core i3-8300 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1040
	Intel Xeon Gold 6126 12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz	1040
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz	1040
	AMD EPYC 7402P 24C 48T @ 3.35 GHz	1038

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 i7-4930MX 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	3452
	Apple A13 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz	3429
	Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	3428
	Intel Core i3-8300 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	3425
	Intel Core i5-1035G4 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	3420
	Intel Pentium Gold 8500 5C 6T @ 1.40 GHz	3417
	Intel Core i7-6700T 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	3411

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 i7-6850K 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	1302
	AMD EPYC 7402 24C 48T @ 3.35 GHz	1299
	Intel Core i3-7350K 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1298
	Intel Core i3-8300 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1296
	Intel Core i5-8365UE 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	1296
	Intel Core i5-8400H 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1296
	Intel Core i7-8550U 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1296

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 Core i7-6700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	3894
	Intel Core i7-6920HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	3876
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3874
	Intel Core i3-8300 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	3868
	Intel Core i5-9300HF 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3867
	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3867
	Intel Core i5-4690K 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	3864

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 i5-7500 Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	Intel Core i5-7600T Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	Intel Core i7-6700T Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	Intel Core i3-8300 Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	422
	AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	422
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	422

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 i5-8350U 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	6255
	Intel Core i5-8365U 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	6254
	Intel Core i3-10100TE 4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	6244
	Intel Core i3-8300 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	6242
	Intel Core i7-4860HQ 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	6236
	Intel Core i7-8650U 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	6234
	Intel Xeon D-1622 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	6219

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 i5-9600T 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	159
	Intel Core i7-3960X 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	159
	Intel Pentium G4620 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	159
	Intel Core i3-8300 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	158
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400E 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	158
	Intel Core i5-8200Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	158
	Intel Core i3-1005G1 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	158

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 i7-4800MQ 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	637
	Intel Core i7-1060G7 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	634
	Intel Core i7-4770HQ 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	634
	Intel Core i3-8300 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	633
	Intel Core i7-4720HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	630
	Intel Pentium G3220 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	625
	Intel Core i5-1035G1 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	624

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,399 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,372 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,648 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,599 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
478 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

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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