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Intel Core 3 304 vs Intel Core i5 8259U

	CPU Intel Core 3 304	CPU Intel Core i5 8259U
General Parameters
Release Date	Apr 2026	Apr 2018
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Core Architecture	Wildcat Lake	Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics	Intel Xe3 Graphics (1 Xe)	Iris Plus Graphics 655
Generation	Core 3 (Wildcat Lake)
Instruction Set		x86-64
Processor Number		i5-8259U
Package
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	14 nm
Socket	Intel BGA 1516	BGA-1528
Power Consumption	15 W	28 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100 °C
Foundry	Intel
Package	FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	1	4
Performance Core Threads	2	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	1.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.3 GHz	3.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4
Efficiency Core Threads	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1400 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.3 GHz
Total Core Count	5	4
Total Thread Count	5	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	15.0	23x
L1 Cache	192 KB	64 K per core
L2 Cache	2.5 MB	256 K per core
L3 Cache	6 MB shared	6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
SMP	1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-6400, LPDDR5-6400X-7467	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Size	64 GB	32 GB
Max Memory Channels	1	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	59.7 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	4	3.0
PCIe Lanes	6	16
Official Website		Official Link ↗
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		1050 MHz
Shader Units		384
Texture Units		48
Raster Operation Units		6
Execution Units		48
Power Consumption		15 W
Max Resolution		4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2472	1220
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	6708	4337