Intel Core i3 1215U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i3 1215U with 6 cores 1.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8540U with 6 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i3 1215U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 5200)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 1.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 10MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i3 1215U
1581
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+13%
1789
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i3 1215U
5768
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+80%
10405
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i3 1215U
1640
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+49%
2445
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i3 1215U
3776
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+143%
9182
Blender
Intel Core i3 1215U
77
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+61%
124
Passmark CPU Single Core
Intel Core i3 1215U
3408
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+10%
3759
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Intel Core i3 1215U
11350
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
+61%
18276
General Parameters
Feb 2022
Release Date
Dec 2023
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Alder Lake-U
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
i3-1215U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1744
Socket
FP7
UHD Graphics (64EU)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 740M
-
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
-
Transistor Count
20.9 billions
10 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
-
-
-
15 W
Power Consumption
15-30 W
-
-
-
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
137 mm²
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
2
-
Performance Core Threads
4
1.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
6
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
12x
Multiplier
32x
-
-
-
80 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1280 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
10 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
-
-
-
-
SMP
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Types
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
64 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
76.8 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
1100 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
512
Shader Units
256
32
Texture Units
16
16
Raster Operation Units
8
64
Execution Units
4
45 W
Power Consumption
15 W
-
-
-
1.43 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
1.43 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
-
-
-
-
-
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
4.0
20
PCIe Lanes
14
-
-
-
-
