Intel Processor N100 vs Core i3 1215U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Processor N100 with 4-cores against the 1.2 GHz Core 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 N100
Advantages of Intel Processor N100
  • Newer - released 10 months later
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) integrated graphics: 1.1 vs 0.3 TFLOPS
  • 80% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1216 points
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0

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 227.3 MB/sec 356.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 12.6 Klines/sec 45.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 65.5 pages/sec 117.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 86.6 Mpixels/sec 180.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 144.1 pages/sec 224.7 pages/sec
Background blur 11.6 images/sec 18.9 images/sec
Photo processing 22.6 images/sec 54.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.1 Mpixels/sec 9.45 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 677 & 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 16 GOps/sec 34.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 10.7 GOps/sec 24.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 22M Primes/sec 30M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 7.1M Strings/sec 12.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4 GBytes/sec 6.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 57.1 MBytes/sec 113.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 385 Frames/sec 546 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 2.9B Matrices/sec 6.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 4052 & 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 32.5 PPW 18.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 432.5 PPW 377.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 884.7 PPW 673.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.72 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 Processor N100
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 Processor N100 and Core i3 1215U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 February 23, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Alder Lake
Model number N100 i3-1215U
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (24EU) UHD Graphics (64EU)
Successor - Intel Processor N150 - Intel Core 3 100U

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores - 2
P-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (P) - 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 0.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 12x
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (shared) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 10MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 6 W 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 55 W
Socket BGA-1264 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (24EU) Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 750 MHz 1100 MHz
Shading Units 192 512
TMUs 12 32
ROPs 6 16
Execution Units 24 64
TGP 6-10 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.3 TFLOPS
1.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 1 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Processor N100 official page Intel Core i3 1215U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 9 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i3 1215U or Processor N100?
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Herman Dulong Jr. February 12, 2025 at 03:00 AM
I choose icore 3 because, it is more upgraded than in n100 processor.
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