Intel Core i3 1215U vs i3 10110U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core i3 1215U with 6-cores against the 2.1 GHz i3 10110U with 2-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 10110U and 1215U
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) integrated graphics: 1.1 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 76% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1240 points
  • Newer - released 2 years and 6 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2184
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5662
File compression 356.7 MB/sec 163 MB/sec
Clang compilation 45.1 Klines/sec 12.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 117.1 pages/sec 45.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 180.5 Mpixels/sec 66.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 224.7 pages/sec 119 pages/sec
Background blur 18.9 images/sec 12.8 images/sec
Photo processing 54.2 images/sec 26.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.45 Mpixels/sec 2.88 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1106 & 1025 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3101
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
10106
Integer math 34.4 GOps/sec 12 GOps/sec
Floating point math 24.6 GOps/sec 7.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 30M Primes/sec 13M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.7M Strings/sec 6.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.8 GBytes/sec 1.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 113.1 MBytes/sec 49.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 546 Frames/sec 291 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6.7B Matrices/sec 3.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 3915 & 1698 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.9 PPW 8.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 377.5 PPW 151.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 673.7 PPW 254.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.93 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)GeekBench2126 / 6248
๐Ÿ“˜ 2023-11-06 (goryn81)Cinebench 202489 / 283
Intel Core i3 10110U
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1215U and i3 10110U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released February 23, 2022 August 21, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Comet Lake
Model number i3-1215U i3-10110U
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) UHD Graphics 620
Successor - Intel Core 3 100U -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.1 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 2
Total Threads 8 4
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 12x 21x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 10MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1528
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1000 MHz
Shading Units 512 192
TMUs 32 24
ROPs 16 3
Execution Units 64 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.1 TFLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 41.66 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 1215U official page Intel Core i3 10110U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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