Intel Core i5 8250U vs i3 1215U
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 8250U with 4-cores against the 1.2 GHz i3 1215U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
- More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) integrated graphics: 1.1 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
- Newer - released 4 years and 7 months later
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- 2x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1117 points
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- Has 2 more physical cores
- More modern manufacturing process โ 10 versus 14 nanometers
- 29% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 3.4 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version โ 4.0
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 210.2 MB/sec | 356.7 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 18.9 Klines/sec | 45.1 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 78.4 pages/sec | 117.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 108.7 Mpixels/sec | 180.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 112.5 pages/sec | 224.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 20.5 images/sec | 18.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 32.4 images/sec | 54.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 5.57 Mpixels/sec | 9.45 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 20.8 GOps/sec | 34.4 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 12.7 GOps/sec | 24.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 18M Primes/sec | 30M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 10.2M Strings/sec | 12.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 2 GBytes/sec | 6.8 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 76.2 MBytes/sec | 113.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 404 Frames/sec | 546 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 4.9B Matrices/sec | 6.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 11.3 PPW | 18.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 218.1 PPW | 377.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 386.2 PPW | 673.7 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.56 PPW | 3.93 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core i5 8250U
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i3 1215U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-04-11 (Shanmukh) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2126 / 6248 |
| ๐ 2023-11-06 (goryn81) | Cinebench 2024 | 89 / 283 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 8250U and i3 1215UGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | August 21, 2017 | February 23, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | - | Alder Lake |
| Model number | i5-8250U | i3-1215U |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 620 | UHD Graphics (64EU) |
| Successor | - | - Intel Core 3 100U |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 2 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.6 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| E-Cores | - | 4 |
| E-Threads | - | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 0.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 3.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 4 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 16x | 12x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 4 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 1280K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 6MB (shared) | 10MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 15 W | 12-15 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 55 W |
| Socket | BGA-1356 | BGA-1744 |
| Peak Temperature | 100ยฐC | 100ยฐC |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 620 | Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1100 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Shading Units | 192 | 512 |
| TMUs | 24 | 32 |
| ROPs | 3 | 16 |
| Execution Units | 24 | 64 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR4-2400 - LPDDR3-2133 |
- DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 37.5 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core i5 8250U official page | Intel Core i3 1215U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | 20 |
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