AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i3 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

4496 points
36% slightly better overall score
3288 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points
5% slightly better gaming score
5718 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points
54% significantly better multitasking score
2595 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points
56% significantly better heavy workload score
2480 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points
75% significantly higher Blender score
57.10 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

6468 points
11% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
5802 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points
4916 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points
1875 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points
4826 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points
1815 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
166% significantly higher clock speed
1.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.4 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
20% slightly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4.5 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache
10 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089
501st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i3-1215U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1600 is faster than the Core i3-1215U. 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 1600 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600 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 1600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i3-1215U has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 1600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1215U.

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 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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