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Intel Core i3 N305 vs i3 1115G4

31 out of 100
Intel Core i3 N305
VS
34 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1115G4
Intel Core i3 N305
Intel Core i3 1115G4

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.8 GHz Intel Core i3 N305 with 8-cores against the 1.7-3.0 GHz i3 1115G4 with 2-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 (2)

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 1115G4 and N305
Advantages of Intel Core i3 N305
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1115G4
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 integrated graphics: 1 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • 36% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1822 vs 1339 points
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 N305
vs
Core i3 1115G4

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 N305
1339
Core i3 1115G4 +36%
1822
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 N305 +56%
5277
Core i3 1115G4
3383
File compression 447.7 MB/sec 384.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 41.7 Klines/sec 19.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 123.7 pages/sec 73 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 162.8 Mpixels/sec 99.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 167.4 pages/sec 99.4 pages/sec
Background blur 25 images/sec 15.9 images/sec
Photo processing 42.1 images/sec 40 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.03 Mpixels/sec 3.68 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 789 & 553 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 N305
2040
Core i3 1115G4 +24%
2537
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 N305 +62%
9377
Core i3 1115G4
5804
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 17.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 21.9 GOps/sec 10.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 23M Primes/sec 25M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 13.8M Strings/sec 7.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 7.6 GBytes/sec 3.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 111 MBytes/sec 61.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 527 Frames/sec 399 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 5.7B Matrices/sec 4.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1152 & 5667 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 N305 +96%
58.26
Core i3 1115G4
29.73

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.1 PPW 6.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 351.8 PPW 120.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 625.1 PPW 207.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.88 PPW 1.06 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 N305
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-13 (Aleman82)Geekbench 6 CPU1264 / 3791
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-08 (Kbzabeto82)Geekbench 6 CPU1264 / 3791
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Intel Core i3 1115G4
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 N305 and i3 1115G4

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i3-N305 i3-1115G4
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) UHD Graphics Xe G4
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
Successor - - Intel Core 3 100U

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores - 2
P-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (P) - 1.7-3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 2
Total Threads 8 4
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 18x 17-30x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (shared) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 9-15 W (configurable) 12-28 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 256 384
TMUs 16 24
ROPs 8 12
Execution Units 32 48
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 N305
0.6 TFLOPS
Core i3 1115G4 +67%
1 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) compared to Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-3733
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 1 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 N305 official page Intel Core i3 1115G4 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 9 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i3 1115G4 or i3 N305?
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Dimas July 9, 2023 at 09:24 AM
So, if you want to play genshin impact in version 3.8 now, which intel is better, which can run genshin impact with fps above 45 and is stable?
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Jak August 30, 2023 at 07:09 AM
i3 is enough to play genshin impact at high settings as long as you pair it with RTX 3070 which can be found on Axioo Pongo i3 10100+RTX 3070.
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