AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Core i3-1215U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5950X beats the Core i3-1215U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1215U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1215U. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i3-1215U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1215U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. Also, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5950X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 5950X has more L2 cache than the Core i3-1215U. The Ryzen 9 5950X 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 Ryzen 9 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.