Intel Core i3 1215U vs AMD Ryzen 3 7330U

42 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1215U
VS
39 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 7330U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core i3 1215U with 6-cores against the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 7330U with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 7330U and 1215U
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1708 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 7330U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics: 1.4 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 11 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

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

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2184
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5662
File compression 356.7 MB/sec 471.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 45.1 Klines/sec 31.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 117.1 pages/sec 84.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 180.5 Mpixels/sec 135.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 224.7 pages/sec 181.3 pages/sec
Background blur 18.9 images/sec 27 images/sec
Photo processing 54.2 images/sec 36.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.45 Mpixels/sec 8.54 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]1106 & 64 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3101
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
10106
Integer math 34.4 GOps/sec 36.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 24.6 GOps/sec 20.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 30M Primes/sec 25M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.7M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.8 GBytes/sec 7.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 113.1 MBytes/sec 119.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 546 Frames/sec 433 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6.7B Matrices/sec 8.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]3915 & 472 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
68.11

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.9 PPW 18.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 377.5 PPW 321.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 673.7 PPW 669.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.93 PPW 4.54 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
Intel Core i3 1215U
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-04-11 (Shanmukh)GeekBench2126 / 6248
📘 2023-11-06 (goryn81)Cinebench 202489 / 283
AMD Ryzen 3 7330U
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1215U and AMD Ryzen 3 7330U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 23, 2022 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i3-1215U -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 6
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i3 1305U
Successor - Intel Core 3 100U -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#160th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 23x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 10MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 6
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 512 384
TMUs 32 24
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.1 TFLOPS
1.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 1215U official page AMD Ryzen 3 7330U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 3 7330U or Intel Core i3 1215U?
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Me-she June 26, 2023 at 03:24 PM
AMD, what’s going on with your graphics? I mean, I can understand being outperformed in CPU, but lagging in GPU performance too? That's a shame.
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