Intel Core i3 1215U vs AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core i3 1215U with 6-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 H 255 with 8-cores. 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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Newer - released 3 years and 6 months later
- More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
- More modern manufacturing process โ 4 versus 10 nanometers
- Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2551 vs 2184 points
- 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 356.7 MB/sec | 1020 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 45.1 Klines/sec | 99.8 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 117.1 pages/sec | 255.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 180.5 Mpixels/sec | 378.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 224.7 pages/sec | 259.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 18.9 images/sec | 61.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 54.2 images/sec | 99.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 9.45 Mpixels/sec | 21.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 34.4 GOps/sec | 96 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 24.6 GOps/sec | 59.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 30M Primes/sec | 85M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 12.7M Strings/sec | 41.8M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 6.8 GBytes/sec | 20.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 113.1 MBytes/sec | 344.3 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 546 Frames/sec | 1349 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 6.7B Matrices/sec | 25.6B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 18.9 PPW | 17.1 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 377.5 PPW | 234.6 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 673.7 PPW | 520.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.93 PPW | 4.1 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core i3 1215U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-04-11 (Shanmukh) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2126 / 6248 |
| ๐ 2023-11-06 (goryn81) | Cinebench 2024 | 89 / 283 |
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1215U and AMD Ryzen 7 H 255General
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | February 23, 2022 | August 4, 2025 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Zen 4 (Hawk Point) |
| Model number | i3-1215U | - |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics (64EU) | Radeon 780M |
| Successor | - Intel Core 3 100U | - |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#55th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.2 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.4 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 0.9 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 12x | 38x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 10MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 25 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 12-15 W (configurable) | 35-54 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 55 W | - |
| Socket | BGA-1744 | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | 100ยฐC | 100ยฐC |
Laptop processors ranking (#87th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) | Radeon 780M |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1100 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 768 |
| TMUs | 32 | 48 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 64 | 12 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
- DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core i3 1215U official page | - |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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