Intel Core i5 1155G7 vs i3 1215U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.0-2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 1155G7 with 4-cores against the 1.2 GHz i3 1215U with 6-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 1215U and 1155G7
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1155G7
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1983 points

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)
File compression 433.2 MB/sec 356.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 34.2 Klines/sec 45.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 105.9 pages/sec 117.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 153.1 Mpixels/sec 180.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 194.7 pages/sec 224.7 pages/sec
Background blur 28 images/sec 18.9 images/sec
Photo processing 48.1 images/sec 54.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.79 Mpixels/sec 9.45 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1137 & 1106 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 34.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 20 GOps/sec 24.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 37M Primes/sec 30M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 12.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.3 GBytes/sec 6.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 104.6 MBytes/sec 113.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 557 Frames/sec 546 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.1B Matrices/sec 6.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1001 & 3915 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
58.9

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8.2 PPW 18.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 193 PPW 377.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 342.4 PPW 673.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.76 PPW 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 i5 1155G7
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i3 1215U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Shanmukh)Geekbench 6 CPU2126 / 6248
๐Ÿ“˜ 2023-11-06 (goryn81)Cinebench 202489 / 283

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1155G7 and i3 1215U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released June 8, 2021 February 23, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Alder Lake
Model number i5-1155G7 i3-1215U
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU UHD Graphics (64EU)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U - Intel Core 3 100U

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.0-2.5 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.4 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 4 6
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 10-25x 12x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 10MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 55 W
Socket BGA-1449 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1350 MHz 1100 MHz
Shading Units 640 512
TMUs 40 32
ROPs 20 16
Execution Units 80 64
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.7 TFLOPS
1.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 1155G7 official page Intel Core i3 1215U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i3 1215U or i5 1155G7?
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mohamed October 8, 2023 at 07:22 PM
The Intel i3-1215U is insane he can run all the games like Fortnite with a 90 fps performance setting I had it on my laptop.
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