Core m3-6Y30: specs and benchmarks

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Core m3-6Y30
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 4.5 Watt
1.37

Core m3-6Y30 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.37% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core m3-6Y30 sales 1 September 2015 at a recommended price of $281. This is a Skylake-Y architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2200 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1515 processor with a TDP of 4.5 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Core m3-6Y30 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2242
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Core m3
Power efficiency25.79of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameSkylake-Y (2015)
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$281of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads4
Base clock speed0.9 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed2.2 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus typeDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 GT/s
Multiplier9of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size98.57 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors1750 Millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Core m3-6Y30 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCBGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)4.5 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core m3-6Y30. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
My WiFi+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Flex Memory Access+
Smart Response+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-
EDB+
Secure Key+
MPX+
SGXYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+
VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core m3-6Y30's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3
Maximum memory size16 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth29.861 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core m3-6Y30.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 515
Max video memory16 GB
Quick Sync Video+
Clear Video+
Clear Video HD+
Graphics max frequency850 MHz
InTru 3D+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core m3-6Y30's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported3
eDP+
DisplayPort+
HDMI+
DVI+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core m3-6Y30's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core m3-6Y30's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12
OpenGL4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes10of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core m3-6Y30. Overall benchmark performance 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.

m3-6Y30 1.37

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.

m3-6Y30 2170

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

m3-6Y30 3388

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

m3-6Y30 7158

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

m3-6Y30 2780

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

m3-6Y30 2

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

m3-6Y30 204

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

m3-6Y30 86

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

m3-6Y30 0.99

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

m3-6Y30 1.2

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

m3-6Y30 13

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

m3-6Y30 73

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

m3-6Y30 1725

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

m3-6Y30 4498

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

m3-6Y30 2420

Geekbench 2

m3-6Y30 5417

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

m3-6Y30 5140

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

m3-6Y30 2762

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core m3-6Y30's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


Core i3-5020U 100.73
A10-5750M 100
Core m3-6Y30 100
A8-7200P 99.27

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core m3-6Y30 is A10-5750M, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core m3-6Y30:

Pro A10-8700B 100.73
Pro A8-8600B 100.73
A10-5750M 100
Core m3-6Y30 100
A8-7200P 99.27
3015Ce 96.35
A10-7400P 96.35

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