Intel Core i5-6300U

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 6000U
Family
Intel Core i5
Generation
6
Name
Intel Core i5-6300U
Predecessor
—
Segment
Mobile
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
2
CPU Threads
4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Overclocking
No
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
3 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
2.6 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
12
Execution units
24
Generation
9
GPU Frequency
350 MHz
GPU name
Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU Turbo
950 MHz
Max. displays
3
Max. GPU Memory
32 GB
Release date
Q3/2015
Shader
192
Technology
14 nm

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
Decode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
—
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
PCIe lanes
12
PCIe version
3.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
—
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
15 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Skylake U
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
3 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q3/2015
Socket
BGA 1356
Technology
14 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-6300U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

306 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

304 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

426 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

406 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

637 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

752 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

845 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

930 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

980 place
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

172 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

419 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

534 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

409 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

540 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

147 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

792 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Intel Core i5-6300U with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

777

Intel Core i5-6300U

794

Intel Core i5-4570

794

Intel Core i5-4570S

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1834

Intel Core i5-6300U

2011

Intel Celeron G3900

1978

Intel Core i5-7200U

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

299

Intel Core i5-6300U

305

Intel Core i7-5600U

302

AMD Athlon 200GE

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

739

Intel Core i5-6300U

751

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

751

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

127

Intel Core i5-6300U

128

Intel Core i5-4440

128

Intel Core i5-4670T

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

281

Intel Core i5-6300U

283

AMD Athlon X4 835

283

AMD Athlon II X4 760K

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

614

Intel Core i5-6300U

625

Intel Pentium G3220

622

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1364

Intel Core i5-6300U

1374

Intel Core i7-5500U

1372

Intel Core i7-4600U

All the benchmark results

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

365 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-6300U

368 GFLOPS

Intel Core i3-4340

365 GFLOPS

Apple A10 Fusion

All the benchmark results

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

1179.4 s

Intel Core i5-6300U

1080.6 s

Intel Pentium G4620

1156.4 s

Intel Core i7-6500U

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

3158

Intel Core i5-6300U

3175

AMD Epyc 7281

3174

Intel Pentium Gold G5400T

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

5973

Intel Core i5-6300U

5984

AMD Phenom II X4 840

5984

AMD Phenom II X4 840T

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

1.44

Intel Core i5-6300U

1.44

Intel Core i7-4558U

1.44

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

3.09

Intel Core i5-6300U

3.1

AMD A6-3650

3.1

AMD Phenom II X4 810

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

The iGPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

29.2

Intel Core i5-6300U

29.2

Intel Core i5-6300HQ

29.2

Intel Core i5-6440HQ

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

3968

Intel Core i5-6300U

3987

AMD Phenom II X4 840

3972

Intel Core i5-5300U

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark