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Intel Core i5-6300U

Intel 6300U

The Intel Core i5-6300U is an ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core SoC based on the Skylake architecture and has been launched in September 2015. The CPU can be found in ultrabooks as well as normal notebooks. In addition to two CPU cores with Hyper-Threading clocked at 2.4 - 3.0 GHz (2 cores: max. 2.9 GHz), the chip also integrates an HD Graphics 520 GPU and a dual-channel DDR4-2133/DDR3L-1600 memory controller. The SoC is manufactured using a 14 nm process with FinFET transistors.

Architecture

Skylake replaces both Haswell and Broadwell and brings the same microarchitecture in every TDP class from 4.5 to 45 W. The extensive improvements of the Skylake design include increased out-of-order buffers, optimized prefetching and branch prediction as well as additional performance gains through Hyper-Threading. Overall, however, performance per clock has been increased by only 5 to 10 percent (compared to Haswell) respectively under 5 percent (compard to Broadwell), which is quite modest for a new architecture ("Tock").

Performance

According to the specified clock rates and the improved architecture, the Core i5-6300U should perform similar to (or slightly above) the former Core i7-5500U (Broadwell, 15 W). Thus, the CPU has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as more demanding applications and multitasking.

Graphics

The integrated graphics unit called HD Graphics 520 represents the "GT2" version of the Skylake GPU (Intel Gen. 9). The 24 Execution Units, also called EUs, are clocked at 300 - 1000 MHz and offer a performance somewhere in range of a dedicated GeForce 820M. Games of 2015 can thus be played smoothly in low settings. For more information about performance and features, check our page for the HD Graphics 520.

Power Consumption

Specified at a TDP of 15 W (including CPU, GPU and memory controller), the CPU is best suited for small notebooks and ultrabooks (11-inches and above). Optionally, the TDP can be lowered to 7.5 watts (cTDP down), reducing both heat dissipation and performance and allowing even more compact designs.

SeriesIntel Core i5
CodenameSkylake

Series: Core i5 Skylake

Intel Core i5-6440HQ compare2.6 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-6350HQ compare2.3 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-6300HQ compare2.3 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-6287U compare3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-6267U compare2.9 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-6360U compare2 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-6300U « 2.4 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-6260U compare1.8 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-6198DU compare2.3 - 2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-6200U compare2.3 - 2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Clock Rate2400 - 3000 MHz
Level 1 Cache128 KB
Level 2 Cache512 KB
Level 3 Cache3 MB
Number of Cores / Threads2 / 4
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)15 Watt
Manufacturing Technology14 nm
Die Size99 mm2
Max. Temperature100 °C
SocketBGA
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR3L-1600/DDR4-2133 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI, vPro, TXT
GPUIntel HD Graphics 520 (300 - 1000 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Starting Price$281 U.S.
Announcement Date09/01/2015
Product Link (external)ark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 301     avg: 307     median: 307 (2%)     max: 311 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 91     avg: 118.3     median: 122 (37%)     max: 125 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 13274     avg: 13525     median: 13564 (9%)     max: 13751 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 491.4     avg: 510     median: 512.5 (6%)     max: 523 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 15.62     avg: 16.1     median: 16.2 (3%)     max: 16.5 s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.303     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (5%)     max: 0.311 GB/s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 12.52     avg: 12.9     median: 12.8 (3%)     max: 13.43 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 28.16     avg: 29.1     median: 29 (1%)     max: 30.08 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 660     avg: 686     median: 665.5 (3%)     max: 754 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
10355 Points (9%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 3915     avg: 4129     median: 4152.5 (11%)     max: 4403 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 33367     avg: 36773     median: 37104 (30%)     max: 39125 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 21421     avg: 32172     median: 34941 (28%)     max: 37384 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 35400     avg: 38243     median: 38293 (32%)     max: 41037 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 3034     avg: 3323     median: 3342 (8%)     max: 3419 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 4411     avg: 4740     median: 4775 (9%)     max: 4870 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3532     avg: 3540     median: 3539.5 (48%)     max: 3547 points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6614     avg: 6685     median: 6685 (16%)     max: 6756 points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1007     avg: 1303     median: 1178 (1%)     max: 2226 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 15750     avg: 28031     median: 29991 (27%)     max: 30812 Points
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Reviews for the Intel Core i5-6300U processor

Dell Latitude 14 7414 Rugged Extreme (6200U, HD) Laptop Review

Dell Latitude 14 7414 Rugged Extreme (6200U, HD) Laptop Review

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Dell Latitude 14 Rugged 5414 Notebook Review

Robust. This robust 14-inch laptop from Dell will thrive in harsh conditions. The very bright IPS screen and the whopping 97 Wh battery ensure that this laptop ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad 13 Chromebook Notebook Review

Lenovo ThinkPad 13 Chromebook Notebook Review

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Dell Latitude 15 E5570 Notebook Review

Dell Latitude 15 E5570 Notebook Review

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Dell Latitude 12 E7270 Notebook Review

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Dell Latitude 12 E5270: Intel HD Graphics 520, 12.50", 1.7 kg
  Review » Dell Latitude 12 E5270 Notebook Review

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 20FB-005XUS: Intel HD Graphics 520, 14.00", 1.2 kg
  Review » Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 20FB-005XUS Notebook Review

HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G3: Intel HD Graphics 520, 14.00", 1.4 kg
  Review » HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G3 Notebook Review

HP EliteBook 820 G3: Intel HD Graphics 520, 12.50", 1.3 kg
  Review » HP EliteBook 820 G3 Subnotebook Review

Dell Latitude 14 E5470: Intel HD Graphics 520, 14.00", 1.8 kg
  Review » Dell Latitude 14 E5470 Notebook Review

Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Core i5, 128GB: Intel HD Graphics 520, 12.30", 1.1 kg
  Review » Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (Core i5, 128 GB) Tablet Review

  Review » Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (Core m3) First Impressions

Microsoft Surface Book Core i5: NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book, 13.50", 1.5 kg
  Review » Microsoft Surface Book (Core i5, Nvidia GPU) Notebook Review

Dell Latitude 14 7414-9R2J5: Intel HD Graphics 520, 14.00", 3.6 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 14 7414-9R2J5

Microsoft Surface Book, Core i5-6300U: NVIDIA GeForce 940M, 13.50", 1.7 kg
  External Review » Microsoft Surface Book, Core i5-6300U

Fujitsu Stylistic R726-R7260M85BBDE: Intel HD Graphics 520, 12.50", 1.2 kg
  External Review » Fujitsu Stylistic R726-R7260M85BBDE

HP EliteBook 840 G3-X2F52EA: Intel HD Graphics 520, 14.00", 1.6 kg
  External Review » HP EliteBook 840 G3-X2F52EA

Alienware 15 R3-0012SLV: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 15.60", 3.5 kg
  External Review » Alienware 15 R3-0012SLV

Lenovo ThinkPad 13 Chromebook: Intel HD Graphics 520, 13.30", 1.4 kg
  External Review » Lenovo ThinkPad 13 Chromebook

Dell Latitude 12 E7270: Intel HD Graphics 520, 12.50", 1.4 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 12 E7270

Dell Latitude E7470 N001LE747014EMEA: Intel HD Graphics 520, 14.00", 1.6 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude E7470 N001LE747014EMEA

HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G3: Intel HD Graphics 520, 14.00", 1.4 kg
  External Review » HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G3

Toshiba Portege Z30-C1310: Intel HD Graphics 520, 13.30", 1.2 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Portege Z30-C1310

Dell Latitude 12 E5270: Intel HD Graphics 520, 12.50", 1.7 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 12 E5270

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 20FB-005XUS: Intel HD Graphics 520, 14.00", 1.2 kg
  External Review » Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 20FB-005XUS

Dell Latitude 15 E5570: Intel HD Graphics 520, 15.60", 2.1 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 15 E5570

Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Core i5, 256GB: Intel HD Graphics 520, 12.30", 0.8 kg
  External Review » Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Core i5, 256GB

Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Core i5, 128GB: Intel HD Graphics 520, 12.30", 1.1 kg
  External Review » Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Core i5

Microsoft Surface Book Core i5: NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book, 13.50", 1.5 kg
  External Review » Microsoft Surface Book, Core i5

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Other CPUs of the series Core i5

» Intel Core i5-8305G
   4x 2.8 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8365U
   4x 1.6 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8265U
   4x 1.6 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-6440HQ
   4x 2.6 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-6350HQ
   4x 2.3 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-6300HQ
   4x 2.3 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-5350H
   2x 3 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-6287U
   2x 3.1 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-6267U
   2x 2.9 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-5287U
   2x 2.9 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4340M
   2x 2.9 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4210H
   2x 2.9 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4330M
   2x 2.8 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4200H
   2x 2.8 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-5257U
   2x 2.7 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4308U
   2x 2.8 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4310M
   2x 2.7 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4400E
   2x 2.7 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4300M
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-6360U
   2x 2 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4210M
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-6300U
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4288U
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4278U
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3380M
   2x 2.9 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3360M
   2x 2.8 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4200M
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3340M
   2x 2.7 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-6260U
   2x 1.8 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3320M
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4258U
   2x 2.4 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3230M
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-6198DU
   2x 2.3 GHz - 2.8 GHz
» Intel Core i5-6200U
   2x 2.3 GHz - 2.8 GHz
» Intel Core i5-5300U
   2x 2.3 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-5350U
   2x 1.8 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3210M
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-2540M
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4310U
   2x 2 GHz - 3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4360U
   2x 1.5 GHz - 3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-5200U
   2x 2.2 GHz - 2.7 GHz
» Intel Core i5-5250U
   2x 1.6 GHz - 2.7 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4300U
   2x 1.9 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4350U
   2x 1.4 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-2520M
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-2450M
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-580M
   2x 2.67 GHz - 3.33 GHz
» Intel Core i5-2435M
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-2430M
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-2415M
   2x 2.3 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-2410M
   2x 2.3 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3437U
   2x 1.9 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-560M
   2x 2.67 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4210U
   2x 1.7 GHz - 2.7 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4260U
   2x 1.4 GHz - 2.7 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3427U
   2x 1.8 GHz - 2.8 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4402E
   2x 1.6 GHz - 2.7 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4200U
   2x 1.6 GHz - 2.6 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4250U
   2x 1.3 GHz - 2.6 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3337U
   2x 1.8 GHz - 2.7 GHz
» Intel Core i5-480M
   2x 2.67 GHz - 2.93 GHz
» Intel Core i5-540M
   2x 2.53 GHz - 3.07 GHz
» Intel Core i5-460M
   2x 2.53 GHz - 2.8 GHz
» Intel Core i5-520M
   2x 2.4 GHz - 2.93 GHz
» Intel Core i5-450M
   2x 2.4 GHz - 2.66 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3317U
   2x 1.7 GHz - 2.6 GHz
» Intel Core i5-430M
   2x 2.26 GHz - 2.53 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4300Y
   2x 1.6 GHz - 2.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4302Y
   2x 1.6 GHz - 2.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-2557M
   2x 1.7 GHz - 2.7 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3439Y
   2x 1.5 GHz - 2.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4202Y
   2x 1.6 GHz - 2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4220Y
   2x 1.6 GHz - 2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4210Y
   2x 1.5 GHz - 1.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-2467M
   2x 1.6 GHz - 2.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-3339Y
   2x 1.5 GHz - 2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-4200Y
   2x 1.4 GHz - 1.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-2537M
   2x 1.4 GHz - 2.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-560UM
   2x 1.33 GHz - 2.13 GHz
» Intel Core i5-470UM
   2x 1.33 GHz - 1.87 GHz
» Intel Core i5-540UM
   2x 1.2 GHz - 2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-520UM
   2x 1.06 GHz - 1.87 GHz
» Intel Core i5-430UM
   2x 1.2 GHz - 1.73 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core i7-6500U
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.1 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-5600U
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.2 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-5650U
   2x 2.2 GHz - 3.2 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-6360U
   2x 2 GHz - 3.1 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-4210M
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-6300U
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3 GHz
- Intel Core i5-4288U
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.1 GHz
- Intel Core i5-4278U
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.1 GHz
- Intel Core i5-3380M
   2x 2.9 GHz - 3.6 GHz
- Intel Core i5-3360M
   2x 2.8 GHz - 3.5 GHz
- Intel Core i5-4200M
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.1 GHz
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