Intel Core i5-6300U vs Intel Core i5-3230M

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

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Intel Core i5-3230M

Price

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$ 2171.00

$ 99.99

$ 2071.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1069 points

1086 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2091 points

2128 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

801 points

812 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

769 points

780 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

20.45 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

17.73 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1313 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1041 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

587 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

523 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

2.4 GHz

2.6 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

133% significantly lower TDP

35 W

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

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

929th of 1,089

927th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6300U vs Core i5-3230M specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6300U performs better than the Core i5-3230M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3230M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300U. Also, the Core i5-3230M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3230M CPU because of its 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 i5-6300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.