Intel Core i3-1215U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Core i3-1215U vs Ryzen 5 7520U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1215U performs better than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-1215U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7520U has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7520U 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. In terms of cache, the Core i3-1215U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U. The Core i3-1215U also has significantly 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.