Intel i5 6200U vs i5 6300U vs i5 6360U – Skylake i5 CPU comparison

Intel introduced 3 Skylake i5 processors in Q3 of 2015 and these three Intel i5 6200U, 6300U and 6360U occupied nearly 90% of all mid tier laptops in 2016. All these 3 processors are based on Skylake 14nm manufacturing.

Intel i5 CPU’s form the mid Tier of Intel’s performance band. i5 processors are work horses and almost match i7 in day to day performance. While they are not meant for graphical intensive software or games, they are more than enough for most of the population.

Intel i5 6360Intel i5 6200U vs 6300U vs 6360UU processor is exclusively used by Apple for its Macbook Pro laptops and other two processors are used by several manifacturers.

Between these three processors most of the difference in clock speed and only minor. For all practical purposed i5 6200U and i5 6300U are identical except for 5% clock speed bump on i5 6300U processor.

 

i5 6300U supports Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP), Safe Code Execution and vPro mode in comparison to i5 6200U.

i5 6360U has 4MB smart cache vs 6200U and 6300U. Additionally uses Intel iris Graphics technology – Intel® Iris™ Graphics 540. 6200U and 6300U used intel Grpahics 520.

While 4MB smart cache and Iris 540 are expected to give a boost, it will be still a minor improvement.

For all practical purposes these CPU’s are similar and buyers should see RAM, Hard drive (SSD) etc to make a decision. With all other factors being equal go for the laptop which is cheaper.