Intel Core i3-1215U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i3-1215U has 6 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 12. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1744 socket and was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core i3-1215U scores 1,596 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 5,328 points.
Intel Core i3-1215U

CPU lineage

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Name: Intel Core i3-1215U
Family: Intel Core i3 (202)
CPU group: Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
Architecture: Alder Lake U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 12
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core i3-1315U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-1215U has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-1215U is 1.20 GHz (4.40 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 6 / 8
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A-Core: 2x Golden Cove
B-Core: 4x Gracemont
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 1.20 GHz (4.40 GHz)
B-Core Frequency: 0.90 GHz (3.30 GHz)

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-1215U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-1215U uses the Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake), which has 512 texture shaders and 64 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency: 0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.10 GHz
Compute units: 64
Shader: 512
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2022
Max. displays: 4
Generation: 13
Direct X: 12.1
Technology: 10 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 32 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: Decode
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR5-5200
LPDDR4X-4266
DDR5-4800
DDR4-3200
83.2 GB/s
68.2 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 64 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 4.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth: 55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): 55 W
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-1215U is made in 10 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 14.50 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 10 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1744
L2-Cache: 4.50 MB
L3-Cache: 10.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q1/2022
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-1215U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-1315U Intel Core i3-1315U
6C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1649
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
16C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
1644
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
1636
Intel Core i3-1215U Intel Core i3-1215U
6C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1633
Intel Core i9-11900F Intel Core i9-11900F
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1630
Intel Core i9-11900 Intel Core i9-11900
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1630
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1623

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-4930K Intel Core i7-4930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
6569
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
6537
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
6470
Intel Core i3-1215U Intel Core i3-1215U
6C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
6410
Intel Core i7-1185G7 Intel Core i7-1185G7
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
6264
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
6230
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
6230

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E-2314 Intel Xeon E-2314
4C 4T @ 4.50 GHz
1604
Intel Core i7-1255U Intel Core i7-1255U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
1603
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
1599
Intel Core i3-1215U Intel Core i3-1215U
6C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1596
Intel Core i7-1250U Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
1596
Intel Core i7-1260U Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
1596
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1595

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon D-1541 Intel Xeon D-1541
8C 16T @ 2.10 GHz
5417
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AMD Ryzen 5 2600
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
5351
Intel Xeon E-2244G Intel Xeon E-2244G
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
5335
Intel Core i3-1215U Intel Core i3-1215U
6C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
5328
Intel Core i5-1155G7 Intel Core i5-1155G7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
5318
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
5311
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
5266

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
2087
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 AMD Ryzen 7 5800
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
2087
Intel Xeon E-2336 Intel Xeon E-2336
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
2086
Intel Core i3-1215U Intel Core i3-1215U
6C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
2079
Apple A14 Bionic Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz
2072
Intel Xeon E-2314 Intel Xeon E-2314
4C 4T @ 4.50 GHz
2068
Intel Core i7-1195G7 Intel Core i7-1195G7
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
2067

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
4177
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4162
Intel Core i7-10810U Intel Core i7-10810U
6C 12T @ 1.10 GHz
4146
Intel Core i3-1215U Intel Core i3-1215U
6C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
4135
Intel Xeon D-1736NT Intel Xeon D-1736NT
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
4128
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
4122
Intel Core i7-7920HQ Intel Core i7-7920HQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
4109

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-1230U Intel Core i5-1230U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 0.90 GHz
1115
Intel Core i5-1240U Intel Core i5-1240U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 0.90 GHz
1115
Intel Core i7-6770HQ Intel Core i7-6770HQ
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 @ 0.95 GHz
1094
Intel Core i3-1215U Intel Core i3-1215U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
1091
Intel Core i3-1215UL Intel Core i3-1215UL
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
1091
Intel Core i3-1220P Intel Core i3-1220P
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
1091
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.05 GHz
1075

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon E-2186M Intel Xeon E-2186M
6C 12T @ 2.90 GHz
11448
Intel Core i7-6850K Intel Core i7-6850K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
11397
Intel Core i3-11100B Intel Core i3-11100B
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
11357
Intel Core i3-1215U Intel Core i3-1215U
6C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
11350
Intel Core i7-9850H Intel Core i7-9850H
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
11347
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
11322
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
11321

Benchmarks


Description of the processor

The Intel Core i3-1215U is a notebook processor based on Intels "Alder Lake U" architecture. It uses a hybrid core layout and is equipped with 2 large P cores (Golden Cove) and 4 smaller and more economical E cores (Gracemont). The hybrid layout is called big.LITTLE and combines different CPU architectures (CPU cores).

The advantage of a hybrid core structure is that the CPU is significantly more economical than a processor with CPU cores of the same size in partial load scenarios, in which a processor is often found in private use. Background tasks are handled by the smaller and more efficient CPU cores, while the larger CPU cores are put to sleep. If maximum performance is required, the differently sized CPU cores can also operate in a network.

The clock frequency of the P cores of the Intel Core i3-1215U is a low 1.2 GHz, but up to 4.4 GHz are possible in turbo mode. The smaller E cores only clock at 0.9 GHz (turbo mode 3.3 GHz).

With the Intel Iris Xe 64, the Intel Core i3-1215U has a fairly fast integrated graphics unit, also called iGPU. With a computing power of over 1 TFLOP/s, older games can also be played. All modern video codecs are supported for video playback, including the newer AV1 codec. This enables the processor to play videos with a very low processor load and low energy consumption.

Up to 64 GB of RAM can be connected to the Intel Core i3-1215U. Both older DDR4 / LPDDR4 modules and newer DDR5 / LPDDR5 modules are supported. The maximum memory bandwidth when using two memory channels is 76.8 GB/s with DDR5-4800 memory.

External devices such as an additional graphics card or a fast M.2 SSD can be connected via PCIe 4.0 with up to 28 lines (depending on the mainboard chipset).



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