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Intel Core 5 315 vs Core 3 N355

53 out of 100
Intel Core 5 315
VS
33 out of 100
Intel Core 3 N355
Intel Core 5 315
Intel Core 3 N355

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.5 GHz Intel Core 5 315 with 6-cores against the 0.1 GHz Core 3 N355 with 8-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 N355 and 315
Advantages of Intel Core 5 315
  • Newer - released 3 years and 4 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-7467 RAM
  • 85% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2496 vs 1352 points
  • More powerful Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) integrated graphics: 1.2 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Advantages of Intel Core 3 N355
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 5 315
vs
Core 3 N355

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core 5 315 +58%
104
Core 3 N355
66
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core 5 315 +16%
389
Core 3 N355
334
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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)
Core 5 315 +85%
2496
Core 3 N355
1352
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 5 315 +50%
7727
Core 3 N355
5141
File compression - 461.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 36.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 120.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 154.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 157.4 pages/sec
Background blur - 24.2 images/sec
Photo processing - 41.5 images/sec
Ray tracing - 7.33 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 5 315 +86%
4002
Core 3 N355
2148
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 5 315 +50%
15327
Core 3 N355
10188
Integer math - 33.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 22.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 27M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 14.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 8.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 118.2 MBytes/sec
Physics - 621 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 234 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.9 PPW 37.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 515.1 PPW 571.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1021.8 PPW 1132 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 315 and Core 3 N355

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released April 16, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Wildcat Lake -
Model number 315 3-N355
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) UHD Graphics (32EU)
Intel CPU rating (#128th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 -
P-Threads 2 -
Base Frequency (P) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.4 GHz 0.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 6 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 15x 39x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 10-15 W (configurable) 9 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 35 W 15 W
Socket FCBGA1516 BGA-1264
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2300 MHz 1350 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 16
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 4 32
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 5 315 +71%
1.2 TFLOPS
Core 3 N355
0.7 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 1 1
Max. Memory Bandwidth 59.7 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 315 official page Intel Core 3 N355 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 6 9

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Comments

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