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Intel Core i3 1215U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

42 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1215U
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Intel Core i3 1215U
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core i3 1215U against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600H. 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600H and 1215U
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1850 points
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 1215U
vs
Ryzen 5 5600H

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 1215U +18%
2184
Ryzen 5 5600H
1850
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1215U
5662
Ryzen 5 5600H +20%
6779
File compression 356.7 MB/sec 604.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 45.1 Klines/sec 53.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 117.1 pages/sec 109.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 180.5 Mpixels/sec 175.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 224.7 pages/sec 194.4 pages/sec
Background blur 18.9 images/sec 32.8 images/sec
Photo processing 54.2 images/sec 47.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.45 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1106 & 459 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1215U
10106
Ryzen 5 5600H +62%
16362
Integer math 34.4 GOps/sec 58.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 24.6 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 30M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.7M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.8 GBytes/sec 12.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 113.1 MBytes/sec 204.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 546 Frames/sec 712 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6.7B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3915 & 6703 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 1215U
58.9
Ryzen 5 5600H +99%
117.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.9 PPW 8.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 377.5 PPW 125.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 673.7 PPW 303 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.93 PPW 2.17 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 1215U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Shanmukh)Geekbench 6 CPU2126 / 6248
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-06 (goryn81)Cinebench 202489 / 283
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 -> mayankdhamiCinebench 202477 / 451
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhana)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7626
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhachi)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7436
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Juu)Geekbench 6 CPU1888 / 7373
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-03 (bluntking)Cinebench 202479 / 451
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1215U and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 23, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i3-1215U -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 11500H
Successor - Intel Core 3 100U - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#151st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.2 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 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 33x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 10MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 512 448
TMUs 32 28
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 1215U
1.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600H +45%
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 1215U official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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