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Intel Core 5 220U vs AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215

49 out of 100
Intel Core 5 220U
VS
54 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215
Intel Core 5 220U
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core 5 220U with 10-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 215 and 220U
Advantages of Intel Core 5 220U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 5 220U
vs
Ryzen 5 Pro 215

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 5 220U
7735
Ryzen 5 Pro 215 +10%
8493
File compression - 823.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 61.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 160.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 222.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 247.2 pages/sec
Background blur - 43 images/sec
Photo processing - 65.3 images/sec
Ray tracing - 13.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 5 220U
3248
Ryzen 5 Pro 215 +12%
3637
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 5 220U
14276
Ryzen 5 Pro 215 +26%
17919
Integer math 48.3 GOps/sec 56.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 33.7 GOps/sec 34.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 50M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 18M Strings/sec 24.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.9 GBytes/sec 11.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 156.9 MBytes/sec 200.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 904 Frames/sec 960 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 9B Matrices/sec 14.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 50 & 188 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.2 PPW 20.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 515.7 PPW 283.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 951.7 PPW 597.3 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 220U and AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 6, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 220U -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 740M
Intel CPU rating (#158th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#90th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 32x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 640 256
TMUs 40 16
ROPs 20 8
Execution Units 80 4
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 5 220U +21%
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 Pro 215
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 740M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 220U official page AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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