Intel Core i3-8300 Benchmark, Test and specs

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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.
Intel Core i3-8300

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 (202)
CPU group: Intel Core i 8000 (20)
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): --

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
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q4/2017
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 64 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 / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
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 38.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2400
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

Verified 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 Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1041
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1041
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
1041
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1040
Intel Xeon Gold 6126 Intel Xeon Gold 6126
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
1040
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
1040
AMD EPYC 7402P 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 Intel Core i7-4930MX
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
3452
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
3429
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
3428
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3425
Intel Core i5-1035G4 Intel Core i5-1035G4
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
3420
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 1.40 GHz
3417
Intel Core i7-6700T 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 Intel Core i7-6850K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
1302
AMD EPYC 7402 AMD EPYC 7402
24C 48T @ 3.35 GHz
1299
Intel Core i3-7350K Intel Core i3-7350K
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1298
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1296
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1296
Intel Core i5-8365UE Intel Core i5-8365UE
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1296
Intel Core i5-8400H Intel Core i5-8400H
4C 8T @ 4.20 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 Intel Core i7-6700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3894
Intel Core i7-6920HQ Intel Core i7-6920HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
3876
Intel Core i7-10510U Intel Core i7-10510U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
3874
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3868
Intel Core i5-9300HF Intel Core i5-9300HF
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
3867
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
3867
Intel Core i5-4690K 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 Core i5-7500
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422
Intel Core i5-7600T Intel Core i5-7600T
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.10 GHz
422
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422
AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422
AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE 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 Intel Core i5-8350U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
6255
Intel Core i5-8365U Intel Core i5-8365U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
6254
Intel Core i3-10100TE Intel Core i3-10100TE
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
6244
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
6242
Intel Core i7-4860HQ Intel Core i7-4860HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
6236
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
6234
Intel Xeon D-1622 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 Intel Core i5-9600T
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
159
Intel Core i7-3960X Intel Core i7-3960X
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
159
Intel Pentium G4620 Intel Pentium G4620
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
159
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
158
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
158
Intel Core i5-8200Y Intel Core i5-8200Y
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
158
Intel Core i3-1005G1 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 Intel Core i7-4800MQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
637
Intel Core i7-1060G7 Intel Core i7-1060G7
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
634
Intel Core i7-4770HQ Intel Core i7-4770HQ
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
634
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
633
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
630
Intel Pentium G3220 Intel Pentium G3220
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
625
Intel Core i5-1035G1 Intel Core i5-1035G1
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
624

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