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Intel Core i3 1215U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5625U

42 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1215U
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U
Intel Core i3 1215U
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core i3 1215U against the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5625U. 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 5625U and 1215U
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1906 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5625U
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 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 5625U

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 +15%
2184
Ryzen 5 5625U
1906
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1215U
5662
Ryzen 5 5625U +13%
6417
File compression 356.7 MB/sec 621.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 45.1 Klines/sec 48.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 117.1 pages/sec 104.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 180.5 Mpixels/sec 176.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 224.7 pages/sec 195.5 pages/sec
Background blur 18.9 images/sec 32.4 images/sec
Photo processing 54.2 images/sec 45.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.45 Mpixels/sec 11.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1106 & 966 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 1215U +10%
3101
Ryzen 5 5625U
2819
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1215U
10106
Ryzen 5 5625U +42%
14337
Integer math 34.4 GOps/sec 53.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 24.6 GOps/sec 29.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 30M Primes/sec 43M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.7M Strings/sec 18M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.8 GBytes/sec 10.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 113.1 MBytes/sec 171.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 546 Frames/sec 627 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6.7B Matrices/sec 11.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3915 & 2357 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 5625U +77%
104.47

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.9 PPW 25.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 377.5 PPW 427.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 673.7 PPW 955.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.93 PPW 6.96 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 5625U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-16 (Richard)Geekbench 6 CPU1913 / 6549
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-22 (Guest #1)Cinebench 202474 / 379
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1215U and AMD Ryzen 5 5625U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 23, 2022 January 4, 2022
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 Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1245U
Successor - Intel Core 3 100U - AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#149th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 2.3 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 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 23x
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

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) AMD Radeon 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 5625U +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
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 1215U official page AMD Ryzen 5 5625U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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