AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i3-1215U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1215U performs better than the Ryzen 5 1500X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1500X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-1215U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 1500X that has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. Despite this, the Core i3-1215U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1500X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 1500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1500X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1215U.

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 Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.