AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i3 1215U

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We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 4600U with 6 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Core i3 1215U with 6 cores 1.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 1.2GHz)

Lower TDP (10W vs 15W)

Intel Core i3 1215U 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-5200 vs LPDDR4-4266)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 68.27GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (10MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

1143

Intel Core i3 1215U +39%

1589

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U +36%

7960

Intel Core i3 1215U

5847

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

1359

Intel Core i3 1215U +20%

1640

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U +24%

4708

Intel Core i3 1215U

3776

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

1068

Intel Core i3 1215U +47%

1572

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

5095

Intel Core i3 1215U +17%

5963

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

2405

Intel Core i3 1215U +41%

3408

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U +18%

13395

Intel Core i3 1215U

11350

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

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Intel Core i3 1215U

General Parameters

Jan 2020

Release Date

Feb 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-U

-

Processor Number

i3-1215U

FP6

Socket

BGA-1744

Radeon Vega 6

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics (64EU)

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

FP6

Socket

BGA-1744

10-25 W

Power Consumption

15 W

105 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

2

12

Performance Core Threads

-

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.2 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21x

Multiplier

12x

32 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

10 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267

32 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

68.27 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1500 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1100 MHz

384

Shader Units

512

24

Texture Units

32

8

Raster Operation Units

16

-

Execution Units

64

15 W

Power Consumption

45 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.43 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

Official Website

Intel Core i3 1215U

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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