Intel Core i3-1215U vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 6 core CPU vs AMD 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

3212 points
3249 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5579 points
24% slightly better gaming score
4467 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2539 points
2880 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2428 points
2792 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.10 points
104.16 points
82% significantly higher Blender score

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
3.30 GHz
175% significantly higher clock speed

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
16 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

529th of 1,118
523rd of 1,118

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-1215U vs Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition beats the Core i3-1215U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-1215U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. In terms of cache, the Core i3-1215U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1215U.

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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