Intel Core i3-6157U vs Intel Core i5-4300U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1038 points
6% slightly better overall score
972 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1931 points
1% slightly better gaming score
1897 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

790 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
726 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

758 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
696 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

21.59 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
20.06 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1405 points
1465 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

601 points
782 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1663 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1469 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

812 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
789 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.50 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
15 W
86% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
Identical
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

939th of 1,089
959th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-6157U vs Core i5-4300U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6157U is faster than the Core i5-4300U. Despite this, the Core i5-4300U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4300U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6157U. The Core i5-4300U outputs less heat than Core i3-6157U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-6157U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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