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Intel Celeron 3215U vs Intel Core i3-550

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 73 %
Intel Celeron 3215U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-550
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 67 %
Intel Celeron 3215U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-550
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron 3215U
2C / 2T · 1.70 GHz
335
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
505
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron 3215U
2C / 2T · 1.70 GHz
601
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
992
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron 3215U
2C / 2T · 1.70 GHz
394
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
489
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron 3215U
2C / 2T · 1.70 GHz
810
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
1,170
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Celeron 3215U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
154
Intel Core i3-550
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Celeron 3215UIntel Core i3-550
FamilyIntel Celeron (165)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Celeron 3000 (10)Intel Core i3 500 (4)
ArchitectureKaby Lake UClarkdale
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1168LGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Celeron 3215UIntel Core i3-550
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 1.70 GHz 3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Celeron 3215UIntel Core i3-550
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.10 - 0.80 GHz0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 9612 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm32 nm
Release dateQ1/2015Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

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Intel Celeron 3215UIntel Core i3-550
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Celeron 3215UIntel Core i3-550
MemoryDDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe2.0 x 122.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth6.0 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Celeron 3215UIntel Core i3-550
TDP15 W73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.105 °C

Technical details

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Intel Celeron 3215UIntel Core i3-550
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ2/2015Q2/2010
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Celeron 3215U
Intel Celeron 3215U
2C / 2T · 1.70 GHz
Intel Core i3-550
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

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