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Intel Core i3 1215U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

42 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1215U
VS
36 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
Intel Core i3 1215U
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.

  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 4500U and 1215U
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • Newer - released 2 years and 2 months later
  • 46% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1491 points
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 1215U
vs
Ryzen 5 4500U

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 1215U +46%
2184
Ryzen 5 4500U
1491
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1215U +20%
5662
Ryzen 5 4500U
4717
File compression 356.7 MB/sec 513.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 45.1 Klines/sec 29.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 117.1 pages/sec 94.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 180.5 Mpixels/sec 138.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 224.7 pages/sec 129.8 pages/sec
Background blur 18.9 images/sec 26.6 images/sec
Photo processing 54.2 images/sec 45 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.45 Mpixels/sec 6.49 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1106 & 978 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 1215U +29%
3101
Ryzen 5 4500U
2398
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1215U
10106
Ryzen 5 4500U +5%
10637
Integer math 34.4 GOps/sec 30.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 24.6 GOps/sec 21.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 30M Primes/sec 36M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.7M Strings/sec 14.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.8 GBytes/sec 6.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 113.1 MBytes/sec 122.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 546 Frames/sec 520 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6.7B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 3915 & 2999 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 1215U
58.9
Ryzen 5 4500U +15%
67.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.9 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 377.5 PPW 188.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 673.7 PPW 425.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.93 PPW 2.72 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Shanmukh)Geekbench 6 CPU2126 / 6248
๐Ÿ“˜ 2023-11-06 (goryn81)Cinebench 202489 / 283
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AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1215U and AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

General

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
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1035G7
Successor - Intel Core 3 100U - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#172nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
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
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 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 100ยฐC 105ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 6
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 512 384
TMUs 32 24
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 1215U
1.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 4500U +9%
1.2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 6 compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
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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Total votes: 74

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Comments

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