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Intel Core i3 1115G4 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

34 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1115G4
VS
27 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Intel Core i3 1115G4
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7-3.0 GHz Intel Core i3 1115G4 with 2-cores against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with 4-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 (3)

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 3500U and 1115G4
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1115G4
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 75% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1822 vs 1044 points
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 10 versus 12 nanometers
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.1 GHz vs 3.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Radeon Vega 8 integrated graphics: 1.2 vs 1 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 1115G4
vs
Ryzen 5 3500U

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)
Core i3 1115G4 +75%
1822
Ryzen 5 3500U
1044
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1115G4 +17%
3383
Ryzen 5 3500U
2880
File compression 384.7 MB/sec 310.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 19.6 Klines/sec 19.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 73 pages/sec 71.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 99.4 Mpixels/sec 92 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 99.4 pages/sec 88.3 pages/sec
Background blur 15.9 images/sec 11.3 images/sec
Photo processing 40 images/sec 28 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.68 Mpixels/sec 4.41 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 553 & 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 1115G4 +33%
2537
Ryzen 5 3500U
1911
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1115G4
5804
Ryzen 5 3500U +17%
6809
Integer math 17.2 GOps/sec 24.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 10.7 GOps/sec 12.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 25M Primes/sec 15M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 7.6M Strings/sec 10.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3.3 GBytes/sec 5.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 61.2 MBytes/sec 93.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 399 Frames/sec 367 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 4.5B Matrices/sec 3.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 5667 & 5693 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 1115G4
29.73
Ryzen 5 3500U +15%
34.13

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.1 PPW 4.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 120.8 PPW 82.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 207.3 PPW 194.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.06 PPW 0.98 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1115G4 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 2, 2020 January 6, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Zen+ (Picasso)
Model number i3-1115G4 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics Xe G4 Radeon Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 3 5300U - Intel Core i5 1035G7
Successor - Intel Core 3 100U - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#187th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.7-3.0 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 2 4
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17-30x 21x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 4.9 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 12-35 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1449 FP5
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 105ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 Radeon Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 384 512
TMUs 24 32
ROPs 12 8
Execution Units 48 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 1115G4
1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 3500U +20%
1.2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-3733		 - DDR4-2400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 35.76 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 1115G4 official page AMD Ryzen 5 3500U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U or Intel Core i3 1115G4?
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Ahem November 18, 2022 at 12:22 PM
The ryzen 3500u is pretty slow, it can only play Minecraft without optifine at 30fps 1080p. I know cos I have it.
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Taz August 6, 2024 at 05:11 AM
that is very slow, maybe your laptop has some thermal limits set. Use ryzenadj to remove limits
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Tech Burner January 11, 2022 at 12:58 PM
i3 1115g4 is an unlocked chipset and you can overclock it up to 5.0 GHz. So definitely i3 is best.
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