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Intel Core i3 1215U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Intel Core i3 1215U
VS
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Intel Core i3 1215U
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core i3 1215U with 6-cores against the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7520U and 1215U
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) integrated graphics: 1.43 vs 0.49 TFLOPS
  • Has 6144 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 60% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1368 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 7 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 1215U
vs
Ryzen 5 7520U

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Core i3 1215U +36%
1589
Ryzen 5 7520U
1172
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1215U +13%
5847
Ryzen 5 7520U
5163
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i3 1215U +60%
2184
Ryzen 5 7520U
1368
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1215U +28%
5662
Ryzen 5 7520U
4410
File compression 356.7 MB/sec 404.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 45.1 Klines/sec 27.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 117.1 pages/sec 95.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 180.5 Mpixels/sec 135.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 224.7 pages/sec 118.1 pages/sec
Background blur 18.9 images/sec 24.7 images/sec
Photo processing 54.2 images/sec 42.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.45 Mpixels/sec 7.53 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 1215U +34%
3336
Ryzen 5 7520U
2491
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1215U +18%
11042
Ryzen 5 7520U
9319
Integer math 37 GOps/sec 32 GOps/sec
Floating point math 26.5 GOps/sec 15.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 35M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 13.7M Strings/sec 14.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 7.4 GBytes/sec 6.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 123.5 MBytes/sec 140.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 628 Frames/sec 447 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 6.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1215U and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 23, 2022 September 22, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Mendocino)
Model number i3-1215U -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon 610M
Best laptop processors (125th and 162nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 28x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 10MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak temperature 100°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 512 128
TMUs 32 8
ROPs 16 4
Execution Units 64 2
TGP 45 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 1215U +192%
1.43 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.49 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-5500
Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i3 1215U official page AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 4

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 7520U or Intel Core i3 1215U?
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