Intel Core i3-6157U vs Intel Core i5-6300U

Core i3-6157U vs Core i5-6300U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6300U performs better than the Core i3-6157U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6157U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i3-6157U and Core i5-6300U are identical in this regard. The Core i5-6300U 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-6157U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.