AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i3-1315U

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i3-1315U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1315U beats the Ryzen 5 1500X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1500X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-1315U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 1500X has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 1500X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1315U. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 1500X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.