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Intel Core i3 1115G4 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

34 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1115G4
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Intel Core i3 1115G4
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7-3.0 GHz Intel Core i3 1115G4 with 2-cores against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6-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 (3)

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500U and 1115G4
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1115G4
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1822 vs 1526 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.1 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 1 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 1115G4
vs
Ryzen 5 5500U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 1115G4 +19%
1822
Ryzen 5 5500U
1526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1115G4
3383
Ryzen 5 5500U +78%
6005
File compression 384.7 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 19.6 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 73 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 99.4 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 99.4 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 15.9 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 40 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.68 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 553 & 599 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1115G4
5804
Ryzen 5 5500U +117%
12609
Integer math 17.2 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 10.7 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 25M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 7.6M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3.3 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 61.2 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 399 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 4.5B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5667 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 1115G4
29.73
Ryzen 5 5500U +209%
91.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.1 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 120.8 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 207.3 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.06 PPW 3.68 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i3 1115G4
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-11 (Akhil)Cinebench 202468 / 404
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU ❀️)Geekbench 6 CPU1515 / 6409
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-04 (Micro_review)Geekbench 6 CPU1526 / 6005
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-14 (Josh Passed)Cinebench 202469 / 315
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-30 (Wildan)Cinebench 202468 / 367
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1115G4 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 2, 2020 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number i3-1115G4 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics Xe G4 Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 3 5300U - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - Intel Core 3 100U - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.7-3.0 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 2 6
Total Threads 4 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17-30x 21x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1449 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 384 448
TMUs 24 28
ROPs 12 8
Execution Units 48 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 1115G4
1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U +60%
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-3733		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 1115G4 official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U or Intel Core i3 1115G4?
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Messier83 December 13, 2023 at 02:12 AM
Should I choose the laptop with a Ryzen 5 5500u and Vega 7 iGPU, or the Core i3 with a dedicated Nvidia Mx330? They are both similarly priced laptops, but I'm not sure if I need a quad-core or a dual-core with a GPU.
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Vale June 19, 2022 at 01:41 AM
I think I would go with a normal AMD Ryzen 5500 due to its cheap $130 price on most things and it delivers great performance an AMD ryzen 5500U is a bit more pricier but is better mainly for gamers.
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Balwant October 23, 2021 at 09:17 PM
i3 is affordable in term of single core usages And products good will
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