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Intel Core i3 1215U vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

42 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1215U
VS
40 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Intel Core i3 1215U
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core i3 1215U with 6-cores against the 1.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with 8-cores. 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 (1)

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 5700U and 1215U
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • 36% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1605 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 2 months later
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 1215U
vs
Ryzen 7 5700U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 393
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1943
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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 +36%
2184
Ryzen 7 5700U
1605
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1215U
5662
Ryzen 7 5700U +16%
6562
File compression 356.7 MB/sec 504.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 45.1 Klines/sec 43.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 117.1 pages/sec 138 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 180.5 Mpixels/sec 208.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 224.7 pages/sec 132.7 pages/sec
Background blur 18.9 images/sec 32.1 images/sec
Photo processing 54.2 images/sec 55.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.45 Mpixels/sec 13.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1106 & 1164 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 1215U +23%
3101
Ryzen 7 5700U
2531
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1215U
10106
Ryzen 7 5700U +52%
15369
Integer math 34.4 GOps/sec 58.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 24.6 GOps/sec 32.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 30M Primes/sec 29M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.7M Strings/sec 23.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.8 GBytes/sec 12.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 113.1 MBytes/sec 215.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 546 Frames/sec 612 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6.7B Matrices/sec 13.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3915 & 5261 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 1215U
58.9
Ryzen 7 5700U +105%
120.67

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.9 PPW 19.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 377.5 PPW 262.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 673.7 PPW 614.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.93 PPW 4.83 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
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Shanmukh)Geekbench 6 CPU2126 / 6248
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-06 (goryn81)Cinebench 202489 / 283
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (Mike)Geekbench 6 CPU1519 / 5184
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-30 (Ryan A.)Cinebench 2026393 / 1943
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-30 (Hp Ireland)Cinebench 202473 / 486
Add View all (3)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1215U and AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

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 8
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 1165G7
Successor - Intel Core 3 100U -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#158th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 1.8 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 8
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 18x
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 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 1215U
1.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5700U +73%
1.9 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 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 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 1215U official page AMD Ryzen 7 5700U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5700U or Intel Core i3 1215U?
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Nikhil Goyal November 23, 2023 at 06:22 PM
I am writing this in November 2023. I recently purchased a Lenovo laptop with a Ryzen 7 5700U and 16GB of RAM for 40K. By comparison, I would've gotten an i3 12th Gen with 8GB of RAM for 36K. I believe the Ryzen 7 was the better choice. For under 40K, it offers great performance with 16GB of RAM. Nowadays, 8GB just isn't sufficient.
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