Intel Core i3-6157U processor review

Intel Core i3-6157U

Core i3-6157U processor released by Intel; release date: 1 September 2016. At the time of release, the processor cost $304. The processor is designed for mobile-computers and based on Skylake microarchitecture.

CPU is locked to prevent overclocking. Total number of cores - 2, threads - 4. Maximum CPU clock speed - 2.4 GHz. Maximum operating temperature - 100°C. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Cache size: L1 - 128 KB, L2 - 512 KB, L3 - 3 MB.

Supported memory types: DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600. Maximum memory size: 32 GB.

Supported socket types: FCBGA1356. Maximum number of processors in a configuration - 1. Power consumption (TDP): 28 Watt.

The processor has integrated graphics Intel® Iris® Graphics 550 with the following parameters: maximum frequency - 1 GHz, maximum video memory size - 32 GB.

Benchmarks

PassMark
Single thread mark
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
4870
1433
PassMark
CPU mark
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
156834
2770
Geekbench 4
Single Core
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
5311
608
Geekbench 4
Multi-Core
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
36691
1470
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
9047 Frames
2742 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
9047.000 Fps
2742.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - Single thread mark 1433
PassMark - CPU mark 2770
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 608
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2742 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2742.000 Fps

Integrated graphics – Intel Iris Graphics 550

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Pipelines 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million

Games performance

Counter-Strike 2 (2023)

Low, 1920x108015.60
Medium, 1920x108013.40

Total War Pharaoh (2023)

Low, 1920x108023.20
Medium, 1920x108014.30

Sons of the Forest (2023)

Low, 1920x10805.37

Company of Heroes 3 (2023)

Low, 1920x10808.60

Need for Speed Unbound (2022)

Low, 1920x10808.49

A Plague Tale Requiem (2022)

Low, 1920x10806.33

The Quarry (2022)

Low, 1920x10805.40

Vampire Bloodhunt (2022)

Low, 1920x108023.70
Medium, 1920x108014.20
High, 1920x108012.20

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)

Low, 1920x108010.90

GRID Legends (2022)

Low, 1920x108028.50
Medium, 1920x108021.40
High, 1920x108016.60

Dying Light 2 (2022)

Low, 1920x10806.49

Rainbow Six Extraction (2022)

Low, 1920x108015.00

God of War (2022)

Low, 1920x10807.53

Farming Simulator 22 (2021)

Low, 1280x72044.50

Forza Horizon 5 (2021)

Low, 1280x72018.00

Riders Republic (2021)

Low, 1280x72011.00

Alan Wake Remastered (2021)

Low, 1280x72025.40
Medium, 1920x108012.00
High, 1920x10809.47

New World (2021)

Low, 1280x72014.00

Monster Hunter Stories 2 (2021)

Low, 1280x72047.40
Medium, 1920x108031.10
High, 1920x108028.10

Days Gone (2021)

Low, 1280x72014.50

Outriders (2021)

Low, 1280x72026.40
Medium, 1920x108018.00
High, 1920x108012.90

Immortals Fenyx Rising (2020)

Low, 1280x72015.00
Medium, 1920x108010.00

Crysis Remastered (2020)

Low, 1280x72023.00
Medium, 1920x108012.40

Yakuza Like a Dragon (2020)

Low, 1280x72021.80
Medium, 1920x10807.24

Mafia Definitive Edition (2020)

Low, 1280x72015.70
Medium, 1920x10807.02

Horizon Zero Dawn (2020)

Low, 1280x72011.00

F1 2020 (2020)

Low, 1280x72027.70
Medium, 1920x108013.10
High, 1920x108016.00

Strange Brigade (2018)

Low, 1280x72034.40
Medium, 1920x108015.20
High, 1920x108012.30
Ultra, 1920x108015.40

Gears Tactics (2020)

Low, 1280x72045.00
Medium, 1920x108015.50
High, 1920x10809.60

Doom Eternal (2020)

Low, 1280x72020.40
Medium, 1920x108011.30

Hunt Showdown (2020)

Low, 1280x72021.00
Medium, 1920x10808.78

Red Dead Redemption 2 (2019)

Low, 1280x72016.90
Medium, 1920x10808.30

Borderlands 3 (2019)

Low, 1280x72021.00
Medium, 1920x10808.80

Control (2019)

Low, 1280x72023.30
Medium, 1920x10806.79

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768205.40
Medium, 1366x768172.50
High, 1366x76894.15
QHD, 2560x144028.40

League of Legends (2019)

Low, 1280x720137.00
Medium, 1920x1080113.00
High, 1920x1080104.00
Ultra, 1920x108096.00
4K, 3840x216049.50

F1 2019 (2019)

Low, 1280x72041.70
Medium, 1920x108018.50

The Division 2 (2019)

Low, 1280x72017.00
Medium, 1920x108010.00

Dirt Rally 2.0 (2019)

Low, 1280x72047.10
Medium, 1920x108023.70
High, 1920x108017.00

Metro Exodus (2019)

Low, 1280x72018.40
Medium, 1920x10809.30

World of Tanks enCore (2018)

Low, 1366x768228.00
Medium, 1920x108036.90
Ultra, 1920x108013.50

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)

Low, 1280x72022.00

Far Cry 5 (2018)

Low, 1280x72019.00

X-Plane 11.11 (2018)

Low, 1280x72019.55
Medium, 1920x108014.45
High, 1920x108012.35

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)

Low, 1280x72017.30
Medium, 1920x10808.73

Titanfall 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x72065.00
Medium, 1366x76845.20
High, 1920x108017.70

Farming Simulator 17 (2016)

Medium, 1366x76893.00
High, 1920x108034.70
Ultra, 1920x108020.80

Battlefield 1 (2016)

Low, 1280x72049.60
Medium, 1366x76829.80
High, 1920x108015.10

Deus Ex Mankind Divided (2016)

Low, 1280x72026.00

Overwatch (2016)

Low, 1280x72086.00
Medium, 1366x76858.80
High, 1920x108026.20

Hitman 2016 (2016)

Low, 1280x72018.20
Medium, 1366x76818.00
High, 1920x10806.70

The Division (2016)

Low, 1280x72032.40
Medium, 1366x76823.10

Far Cry Primal (2016)

Low, 1280x72026.50
Medium, 1920x108013.00
High, 1920x108010.00

XCOM 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x72030.40
Medium, 1920x10809.90
High, 1920x10806.80

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x76825.45
Medium, 1366x76818.30
High, 1920x108010.20
Ultra, 1920x10804.30

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x76850.65
Medium, 1366x76831.20
High, 1920x108018.60
Ultra, 1920x108014.75

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Low, 1024x7687.80

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x76852.60
Medium, 1366x76829.90

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x72021.30
Medium, 1366x7688.40

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x76844.10
Medium, 1366x76827.50
High, 1920x108011.70
Ultra, 1920x10805.30

World of Warships (2015)

Low, 1366x768118.50
Medium, 1366x76874.80
High, 1920x108036.90

Dota 2 Reborn (2015)

Low, 1280x72081.30
Medium, 1366x76843.50
High, 1920x108028.35
Ultra, 1920x108024.95

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76820.60
Medium, 1366x76814.10
High, 1920x10807.80

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768132.90
Medium, 1366x76838.80
High, 1920x108019.10
Ultra, 1920x108012.50

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x76837.00
Medium, 1366x76829.70
High, 1920x108011.90

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72041.20
Medium, 1344x75626.40
High, 1920x108014.60
Ultra, 1920x108011.60

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768183.40
Medium, 1366x76878.20
High, 1920x108039.70
Ultra, 1920x108029.40

Thief (2014)

Medium, 1366x76825.40
High, 1366x76821.10
Ultra, 1920x108010.00

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76830.30
Medium, 1366x76822.70
High, 1366x76819.10

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x76859.85
Medium, 1366x76838.45
High, 1366x76827.80
Ultra, 1920x10808.90

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76846.20
Medium, 1366x76839.00
High, 1366x76824.65
Ultra, 1920x108012.20

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x72082.70
Medium, 1366x76850.90
High, 1366x76843.30
Ultra, 1920x108010.15

Tomb Raider (2013)

Medium, 1366x76877.20
High, 1366x76852.00
Ultra, 1920x108023.60

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76858.10
Medium, 1366x76832.70
High, 1366x76821.20
Ultra, 1920x10808.00

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76835.50
Medium, 1366x76826.00
High, 1366x76821.80
Ultra, 1920x108013.60

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768132.70
Medium, 1366x768106.70
High, 1366x76896.10
Ultra, 1920x108061.50

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake
Launch date 1 September 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $304
Place in performance rating 1561
Processor Number i3-6157U
Series 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.40 GHz
Bus Speed 4 GT/s OPI
L1 cache 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB
L3 cache 3 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 2
Number of threads 4

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

Graphics

Device ID 0x1927
eDRAM 64 MB
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel® Iris® Graphics 550

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA N / A
Max resolution over WiDi 1080p

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 23 W
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 42mm X 24mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 28 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 12
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)