Intel Core i3 1215U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core i3 1215U against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- Newer - released 1-year and 2-months later
- Has 2048 KB larger L3 cache size
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1818 vs 1457 points
- 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
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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 | 447.7 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 30.7 Klines/sec | 35.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 136 pages/sec | 114.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 176.2 Mpixels/sec | 180.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 175.2 pages/sec | 114.9 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 27.7 images/sec | 27.5 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 51.3 images/sec | 40.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 5.51 Mpixels/sec | 9.84 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 37.6 GOps/sec | 46.4 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 26.8 GOps/sec | 26.8 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 37M Primes/sec | 26M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 13.9M Strings/sec | 19.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 7.4 GBytes/sec | 10.8 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 122.2 MBytes/sec | 179.3 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 659 Frames/sec | 541 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 5500UGeneral
| 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 7 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.2 GHz | 2.1 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 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 12x | 21x |
| 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
| 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 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1100 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 448 |
| TMUs | 32 | 28 |
| ROPs | 16 | 7 |
| Execution Units | 64 | - |
| TGP | 45 W | 10-45 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 5 5500U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 12 |
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