intel core i3 1215u vs intel core i5 1230u

Intel Core i3 1215U
VS
Intel Core i5 1230U
Intel Core i3 1215U
Intel Core i5 1230U

We compared two CPUs Intel Core i3 1215U (Laptop) 6-cores against Intel Core i5 1230U (Laptop) 10-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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 Intel Core i5 1230U
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1230U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Consumes up to 40% less energy than the Intel Core i3 1215U – 9 vs 15 Watt
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
core i3 1215u +19%
5495
core i5 1230u
4434
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
core i3 1215u +13%
3633
core i5 1230u
3151
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
core i3 1215u +16%
12578
core i5 1230u
10616
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
core i3 1215u
1468
core i5 1230u +11%
1655
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
core i3 1215u
3823
core i5 1230u +44%
6778

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i3 1215u and core i5 1230u

General

Intel Core i3 1215U Intel Core i5 1230U
Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4 2022 January 4 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-U Alder Lake-U
Socket FCBGA1744 FCBGA1781
Integrated GPU Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible

Performance

Intel Core i3 1215U Intel Core i5 1230U
Cores 6 10
Threads 8 12
Base Frequency 1.2 GHz 1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 10 MB (shared) 12 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i3 1215U Intel Core i5 1230U
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 W 9 W
Max. temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory support

Intel Core i3 1215U Intel Core i5 1230U
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i3 1215U Intel Core i5 1230U
Integrated Graphics Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.1 MHz 850 MHz
Shading Units 512 640
TMUs 32 40
ROPs 16 20
Execution Units 64 80
TGP 45 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
core i3 1215u
1.43 TFLOPS
core i5 1230u
1.41 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i3 1215U Intel Core i5 1230U
Official site Intel Core i3 1215U official page Intel Core i5 1230U official page
PCI Express Version 4 4
PCI Express Lanes 20 14

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 1230U or Intel Core i3 1215U?