Intel Core i3 1215U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core i3 1215U against the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 4500U. 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
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
- Newer - released 2-years and 2-months later
- Has 2048 KB larger L3 cache size
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1818 vs 1424 points
- 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
Promotion
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 495.3 MB/sec | 418.2 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 30.7 Klines/sec | 33.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 136 pages/sec | 91.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 176.2 Mpixels/sec | 131.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 175.2 pages/sec | 127.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 27.7 images/sec | 28.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 51.3 images/sec | 41 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 5.51 Mpixels/sec | 7.44 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 37.6 GOps/sec | 31.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 26.8 GOps/sec | 22.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 37M Primes/sec | 36M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 13.9M Strings/sec | 15.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 7.4 GBytes/sec | 6.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 122.2 MBytes/sec | 127.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 659 Frames/sec | 530 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 7.1B Matrices/sec | 11.1B Matrices/sec |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1215U and AMD Ryzen 5 4500UGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | February 23, 2022 | January 6, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Zen 2 (Renoir) |
| Model number | i3-1215U | - |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics (64EU) | Radeon RX Vega 6 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.2 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.4 GHz | 4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 0.9 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 6 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 12x | 23x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 32K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 10MB (shared) | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 12-15 W (configurable) | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 55 W | - |
| Socket | BGA-1744 | FP6 |
| 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 | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 68.27 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i3 1215U official page | AMD Ryzen 5 4500U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 16 |
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