Intel Core i5 2300

older Released January, 2011

2.8 GHz
Quad core

7.5 Out of 10 CPUBoss Score		If you are looking for a budget Intel 1155 quad core, this one is definitely a good choice. by dutchgenius (Nov, 2011) The ultimate budget Quad Core S1155 CPU is here and it will amaze you. by battleaxe231 (Jul, 2012)

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 2300 5.2 FX 6300 6.0 Core i5 2400 5.9
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 2300 6.0 FX 6300 5.5 Core i5 2400 6.5
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i5 2300 n.d. FX 6300 0.0 Core i5 2400 n.d.
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i5 2300 n.d. FX 6300 0.0 Core i5 2400 n.d.
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i5 2300 7.6 FX 6300 5.9 Core i5 2400 8.0
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i5 2300 6.7 FX 6300 6.9 Core i5 2400 7.5
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

7.5	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i5 2300 7.5 FX 6300 5.7 Core i5 2400 8.2

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 2300
2,290

n.d.

n.d.

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 2300
7,621

8,298

7,871

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 2300
2,448

2,053

2,638

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 2300
2,070,000 MB/s

2,290,000 MB/s

2,260,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 2300
7,463

8,258

7,447

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 2300
7,962

9,093

8,232

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i5 2300
5,317

6,444

5,897

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i5 2300
1,574

1,742

1,446


	9.5 read review	I first put this chip into a H61 board - which offered me only limited tweaking features - I was able to increase the CPU clock multiplier up to 31 or 3.1ghz - a modest increase of 200-300mhz on stock speeds.

Socket Type

On my GA-Z77M-D3H board I can overclock the cpu to 3300MHz by setting the multiplier to 33x100MHz = 3300MHz.

by battleaxe231 (Jul, 2012)

It can go from 1100MHz all the way up to 3100MHz.

by battleaxe231 (Jul, 2012)

I have since upgraded my motherboard to a P67, which offered the full 35x multiplier and with that managed to get clock speeds of up to 3535 mhz (3.5ghz) , at that rating the CPU is capable of matching an i7 950 @ stock - pretty good going for the runt of the Sandybridge i5 litter.

by Kusanagi (Jan, 2012)

Gaming

This cpu is sufficient for gaming, surfing the web, managing documents, everything!

by battleaxe231 (Jul, 2012)

Price

Definitely a great processor, there are better ones out there - and they are all far more expensive than this one - i guess it just depends how much your not willing to spend.

by Kusanagi (Jan, 2012)

summary

Clock speed	2.8 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.1 GHz
Cores	Quad core
Socket type	LGA 1155
Is unlocked	No

features

Has a NX bit	Yes
Supports trusted computing	No
Has virtualization support	Yes
Instruction set extensions	MMX AES SSE SSE2 SSE4.1 SSE3 Supplemental SSE3 SSE4.2 AVX SSE4
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes

power consumption

TDP	95W
Annual home energy cost	22.89 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	83.22 $/year
Performance per watt	7.78 pt/W
Typical power consumption	77.19W

bus

Architecture	DMI
Number of links	1
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s

details

Architecture	x86-64
Threads	4 threads
L2 cache	1 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core
L3 cache	6 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	32 nm
Max CPUs	1
Clock multiplier	28
Operating temperature	Unknown - 72.6°C

overclocking

Overclock popularity	20
Overclock review score	5
Overclocked clock speed	3.3 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.8 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	2,413.1
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.3 GHz

integrated graphics

GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 2000
Number of displays supported	2
GPU clock speed	850 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,100 MHz

memory controller

Memory controller	Built-in
Memory type	DDR3-1333 DDR3-1066 DDR3
Channels	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	No
Maximum bandwidth	21,333.32 MB/s
Maximum memory size	32,768 MB

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