AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Intel Core i3 1215U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, vs Intel Core i3 1215U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Intel Core i3 1215U
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
2213
Intel Core i3 1215U
1581
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
20228
Intel Core i3 1215U
5802
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
138
Intel Core i3 1215U
89
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
1299
Intel Core i3 1215U
283
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
4658
Intel Core i3 1215U
3251
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
37223
Intel Core i3 1215U
10625
Integer Math120.4 GOps/s35.9 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math79.1 GOps/s25.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search191 M primes/s33 M primes/s
Random String Sort47 M strings/s13.2 M strings/s
Data Encryption21.9 GB/s7.1 GB/s
Data Compression438 MB/s118.5 MB/s
Physics2244 frames/s599 frames/s
Extended Instructions353 M matrices/s7 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
3331
Intel Core i3 1215U
2184
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
17511
Intel Core i3 1215U
5662
File Compression1650 MB/s356.7 MB/s
Clang Compilation140.9 KLines/s45.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser323.7 pages/s117.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering501 MP/sec180.5 MP/sec
Text Processing351.5 pages/s224.7 pages/s
Background Blur88.2 frames/s18.9 frames/s
Photo Processing127.3 frames/s54.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing30.6 MP/sec9.45 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
300.7
Intel Core i3 1215U
58.9

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 269.4 PPW 377.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 572.7 PPW 708.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 20 PPW 18.9 PPW
Blender / W 4.63 PPW 3.93 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced June, 3, 2024 February, 23, 2022
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Alder Lake
Model number n/a i3-1215U
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M UHD Graphics (64EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Frequency 3.8 GHz 1.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.5 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a0.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.3 GHz
General
Cores count86
Threads count168
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x12x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total10 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 8.3 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 12-15 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W 55 W
Socket AM5 BGA-1744
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 192 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 7 9700X the clear winner in this comparison.

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