Intel Core i3-6100T vs Intel Core i5-5300U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-5300U

Price

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$ 149.95

$ 1726.05 significantly less expensive

$ 1876.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1166 points

1% slightly better overall score

1153 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2253 points

2272 points

0.84% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

881 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

860 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

849 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

826 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.39 points

24.25 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1558 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

813 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2088 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1572 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1054 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

825 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

39% slightly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

15 W

133% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

933rd of 1,118

936th of 1,118

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3

5th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-6100T vs Core i5-5300U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6100T is faster than the Core i5-5300U. Despite this, the Core i5-5300U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-6100T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5300U. The Core i5-5300U outputs less heat than Core i3-6100T thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-6100T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.