Intel Core i3-1215U vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 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
9769 points
197% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5718 points
11596 points
102% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2595 points
9145 points
252% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2480 points
8951 points
260% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.10 points
245.43 points
329% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4826 points
13530 points
180% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1815 points
2650 points
46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.2 GHz
4.2 GHz
250% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4.5 MiB
8 MiB
77% significantly more L2 cache

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

501st of 1,089
95th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-1215U vs Ryzen 7 8700G benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8700G is faster than the Core i3-1215U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1215U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 8700G has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i3-1215U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1215U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8700G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1215U. Also, the Ryzen 7 8700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-1215U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 8700G CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8700G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-1215U. The Ryzen 7 8700G also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-1215U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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