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Intel Core i3-1215U vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080

Last updated: 2026-06-07

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-1215U

Rank 2 - 48 %

MediaTek Dimensity 1080

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-1215U

Rank 2 - 51 %

MediaTek Dimensity 1080

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

2,079

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

1,034

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 8T · 1.80 GHz

4,135

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

2,509

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

6C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

1,596

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

732

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

6C / 8T · 1.80 GHz

5,328

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

2,219

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-1215U	MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)	MediaTek Dimensity 10xx (2)
Architecture	Alder Lake U	Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
Technology	10 nm	6 nm
Segment	Notebook	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	BGA 1744
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i3-1315U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-1215U	MediaTek Dimensity 1080
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 8	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x Golden Cove 1.20 - 4.40 GHz	2x Cortex-A78 2.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 0.90 - 3.30 GHz	6x Cortex-A55 2.00 GHz
L2-Cache	4.50 MB
L3-Cache	10.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-1215U	MediaTek Dimensity 1080
GPU name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)	ARM Mali-G68 MP4
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	64 / 512	4 / 64
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	4	1
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	10 nm	6 nm
Release date	Q1/2022	Q2/2020

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-1215U	MediaTek Dimensity 1080
AI hardware		Mediatek APU 3.0
AI specifications		MediaTek APU 3.0 @ 4.5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-1215U	MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Memory	LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5500 (44.0 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth	55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-1215U	MediaTek Dimensity 1080
TDP	15 W
TDP (PL2)	55 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-1215U	MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Android
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2022	Q4/2022
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-1215U is 4.4 stars (262 ratings), while MediaTek Dimensity 1080 has received 4.3 stars (85 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-1215U
6C / 8T · 1.20 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★

MediaTek Dimensity 1080
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

★★★★★