Intel Core i5-6300HQ Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-6300HQ was released in Q3/2015 and has 4 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket BGA 1440. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i5-6300HQ achieved a result of 749 points (single-core) or 2,523 points (multi-core).
Intel Core i5-6300HQ

At a glance

Name: Intel Core i5-6300HQ
Family: Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group: Intel Core i 6000H (15)
Architecture: Skylake H
Technology: 14 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 6
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core i5-7300HQ

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-6300HQ has 4 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6300HQ is 2.30 GHz (3.20 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 2.70 GHz

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i5-6300HQ has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i5-6300HQ has the Intel HD Graphics 530 installed, which has 24 streaming multiprocessors (192 shaders).

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.95 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

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

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 Intel Core i5-6300HQ supports a maximum of 64 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 34.1 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2133
34.1 GB/s
Max. Memory: 64 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i5-6300HQ has a TDP of 45 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 45 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i5-6300HQ is made in 14 nm and has 6.00 MB cache.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1440
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 6.00 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 i5-6300HQ 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 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i5-6267U Intel Core i5-6267U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1052
Intel Core i7-4870HQ Intel Core i7-4870HQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1050
Intel Core i7-5557U Intel Core i7-5557U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1047
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1046
Intel Core i5-6350HQ Intel Core i5-6350HQ
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1046
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1045
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1045

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
Intel Core i5-1030NG7 Intel Core i5-1030NG7
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2864
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2857
Intel Core i3-1110G4 Intel Core i3-1110G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2838
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2788
Intel Core i5-6350HQ Intel Core i5-6350HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2788
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
2688
Intel Core i7-3940XM Intel Core i7-3940XM
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2670

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 i7-3540M Intel Core i7-3540M
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
751
Intel Core i7-4722HQ Intel Core i7-4722HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
751
Intel Core i5-3380M Intel Core i5-3380M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
750
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
749
Intel Core i5-6350HQ Intel Core i5-6350HQ
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
749
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
749
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
744

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.
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
2544
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2524
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2524
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2523
Intel Core i5-6350HQ Intel Core i5-6350HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2523
Intel Core i7-4702HQ Intel Core i7-4702HQ
4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz
2508
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2489

Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Athlon PRO 300GE AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
321
Intel Core i5-8200Y Intel Core i5-8200Y
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
321
Intel Core i5-8310Y Intel Core i5-8310Y
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
321
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
318
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
309
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
309
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
309

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
AMD Ryzen 3 2300U AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1008
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1008
Intel Core i7-2820QM Intel Core i7-2820QM
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1001
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
986
Intel Core i3-1005G1 Intel Core i3-1005G1
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
949
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
935
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
935

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 i3-4110M Intel Core i3-4110M
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i5-4210M Intel Core i5-4210M
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i7-4722HQ Intel Core i7-4722HQ
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 0.95 GHz
365
Intel Core i5-8200Y Intel Core i5-8200Y
Intel UHD Graphics 615 @ 0.95 GHz
365
Intel Core i3-7100H Intel Core i3-7100H
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 0.95 GHz
365
Intel Core i3-7100E Intel Core i3-7100E
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 0.95 GHz
365

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 i7-3635QM Intel Core i7-3635QM
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
4737
Intel Core i7-3630QM Intel Core i7-3630QM
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
4732
Intel Core i7-2960XM Intel Core i7-2960XM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
4725
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
4692
Intel Core i5-6350HQ Intel Core i5-6350HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
4692
AMD A8-7670K AMD A8-7670K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
4682
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
4682

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i7-4810MQ Intel Core i7-4810MQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
683.8
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
700
Intel Core i5-8250U Intel Core i5-8250U
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
705.3
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
720.4
Intel Core i7-4712MQ Intel Core i7-4712MQ
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
722.5
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
723.7
Intel Core i5-7300HQ Intel Core i5-7300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
740.7

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.
Intel Core i7-2760QM Intel Core i7-2760QM
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1294
Intel Core i7-2820QM Intel Core i7-2820QM
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1242
Intel Core i7-2720QM Intel Core i7-2720QM
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1229
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1225
Intel Core i7-2630QM Intel Core i7-2630QM
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1212
Intel Core i7-2670QM Intel Core i7-2670QM
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1201
Intel Core i3-1005G1 Intel Core i3-1005G1
2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
1114

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 Ryzen 5 3450U AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
134
Intel Core i5-4330M Intel Core i5-4330M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
134
Intel Core i5-7Y57 Intel Core i5-7Y57
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
134
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
132
Intel Core i5-8210Y Intel Core i5-8210Y
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
132
Intel Core i5-7200U Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
132
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
132

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.
AMD Ryzen 3 2300U AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
480
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
480
Intel Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
477
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
475
Intel Core i7-7567U Intel Core i7-7567U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
423
Intel Core i5-6442EQ Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
422
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
417

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