Intel Core i3-1215U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5560U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3288 points
4837 points
47% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5718 points
6909 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2595 points
4216 points
62% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2480 points
4083 points
64% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.10 points
103.14 points
80% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

5802 points
7667 points
32% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4826 points
6293 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1815 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1663 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.2 GHz
2.30 GHz
91% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4.5 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

10 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

501st of 1,089
361st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-1215U vs Ryzen 5 5560U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5560U performs better than the Core i3-1215U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1215U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 5560U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5560U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. Despite this, the Core i3-1215U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-1215U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5560U. The Core i3-1215U also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-1215U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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