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Intel Core 3 304
The Intel Core 3 304 is a 5-core model in Intel's Core Series 3 (Wildcat Lake) laptop family, with 1 Cougar Cove performance core boosting up to 4.3 GHz and 4 Darkmont low-power efficient cores. Built on Intel 18A with 1-Xe3-core graphics and a 15 TOPS NPU, it runs at a 15 W base and 35 W maximum turbo power.
Pros
- Built on Intel 18A with a 15 W base power and 35 W maximum turbo power
- Supports LPDDR5X-7467 (up to 48 GB) or DDR5-6400 (up to 64 GB) memory
- Integrated NPU rated at 15 TOPS (INT8) for on-device AI tasks
- Cougar Cove performance core boosts up to 4.3 GHz, with about 2,407 Geekbench 6 single-core points in review testing
Cons
- Only 1 performance core and 5 threads in total, with about 5,263 Cinebench R23 multi-core points in review testing
- 1-Xe3-core graphics scored about 753 in 3DMark Time Spy Graphics in review testing, leaving little headroom for gaming
- 15 TOPS NPU is below the 40 TOPS Microsoft requires for Copilot+ PCs
- Single-channel memory interface limits memory bandwidth
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core 3 304
General
- Announced
- 2026
- Process
- 2 nm
- Base TDP
- 15 W
- Max TDP
- 35 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 5
- Performance cores
- 1
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- Threads
- 5
- Base clock
- 1.5 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.3 GHz
- L3 cache
- 6 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel Graphics (1 Xe3-core)
- iGPU clock
- 2,300 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-7467 / DDR5-6400
- Max memory
- 64 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,407Bottom 40%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 5,987Bottom 14%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,765Top 43%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 5,263Bottom 16%
- PassMark
- 12,194Bottom 22%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 753Bottom 30%
Devices with the Intel Core 3 304
3 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core 3 304 good in 2026?
The Intel Core 3 304 earns an Inno Score of 49.1/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Intel Core 3 304 is a 5-core model in Intel's Core Series 3 (Wildcat Lake) laptop family, with 1 Cougar Cove performance core boosting up to 4.3 GHz and 4 Darkmont low-power efficient cores. Built on Intel 18A with 1-Xe3-core graphics and a 15 TOPS NPU, it runs at a 15 W base and 35 W maximum turbo power.
Does the Intel Core 3 304 count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 12,194 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier C of our CPU tier checker: older or low-power Core i7, and many recent Core i5 chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
Which devices use the Intel Core 3 304?
3 devices in our catalog use the Intel Core 3 304: CHUWI UniBook, Framework Laptop 12 (Intel Core Series 3), Lenovo Prima 14 IWC.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core 3 304?
Cores: 5 · Threads: 5 · Boost clock: 4.3 GHz · Base TDP: 15 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core 3 304?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 7 5800U, Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100, Intel Core i5-1340P — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
