Bug#789952: This is also an issue with 6300
Same problem here. It always says 1 Mb/s.
$ uname -a
Linux thinkpad 4.0.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.0.8-2 (2015-07-22) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ sudo iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"NAME"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.467 GHz Access Point: 14:D6:4D:E3:FC:60
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-38 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:204 Invalid misc:53 Missed beacon:0
$ sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi | head
[ 2.728248] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
[ 2.732117] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
[ 2.733113] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 9.221.4.1 build 25532 op_mode iwldvm
[ 2.763053] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG disabled
[ 2.763130] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled
[ 2.763205] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING disabled
[ 2.763283] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN, REV=0x74
[ 2.763503] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[ 74.391444] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[ 74.400438] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
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