Intel Core i3 1215U vs AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core i3 1215U with 6-cores against the 2.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 5300U with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
- Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size
- Newer - released 1-year and 2-months later
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- 57% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1572 vs 1000 points
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | February 23, 2022 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Zen 2 (Lucienne) |
| Model number | i3-1215U | - |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics (64EU) | Radeon RX Vega 6 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.2 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.4 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 0.9 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 12x | 26x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 10MB (shared) | 4MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | BGA-1744 | FP6 |
| TDP | 12-15 W (configurable) | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP | 55 W | - |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 105°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) | Radeon RX Vega 6 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1100 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 384 |
| TMUs | 32 | 24 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 64 | - |
| TGP | 45 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 | DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 32 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i3 1215U official page | AMD Ryzen 3 5300U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 12 |
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