intel core i3 1215u vs amd ryzen 5 3500u

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i3 1215U (Laptop) 6-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 3500U (Laptop) 4-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Intel Core i3 1215U and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • Newer released 3 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 3.7 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
5495
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3633
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
12578
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
3823

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i3 1215u and ryzen 5 3500u

General

Intel Core i3 1215U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Vendor Intel AMD
Released January 4 2022 January 6 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-U Picasso
Socket FCBGA1744 FP5
Integrated GPU Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Performance

Intel Core i3 1215U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Cores 6 4
Threads 8 8
Base Frequency 1.2 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 128K (per core)
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 10 MB (shared) 4 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i3 1215U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 W 15 W
Max. temperature 100°C °C

Memory support

Intel Core i3 1215U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 DDR4 Dual-channel
Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 38.397 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

iGPU

Intel Core i3 1215U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Integrated Graphics Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.1 MHz MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64
TGP 45 W 65 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.43 TFLOPS
1.13 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i3 1215U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Official site Intel Core i3 1215U official page AMD Ryzen 5 3500U official page
PCI Express Version 4 3
PCI Express Lanes 20 12

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U or Intel Core i3 1215U?