i3-N300 vs Pentium P6300

Place in the ranking	2824	1132
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Alder Lake-N (2023)
Release date	11 January 2011 (13 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6300 and Core i3-N300 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	2.27 GHz	0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	17	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB (per module)
L3 cache	3 MB	6 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	81+114 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	382+177 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6300 and Core i3-N300 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PGA988	FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6300 and Core i3-N300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
GPIO	no data	+
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium P6300 and Core i3-N300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	no data
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6300 and Core i3-N300 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6300 and Core i3-N300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.051 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	1.25 GHz
Execution Units	no data	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6300 and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium P6300 and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium P6300 and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6300 and Core i3-N300.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	9
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium P6300 0.54

i3-N300 5.57
+931%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium P6300 834

i3-N300 8594
+930%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.54	5.57
Recency	11 January 2011	3 January 2023
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	8
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	7 Watt

i3-N300 has a 931.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and 400% lower power consumption.

The Core i3-N300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium P6300 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium P6300 and Core i3-N300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.