AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i3-1215U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 1000 Intel Core i 1200P/1200U
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i3
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  1 12
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 1000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 2x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  - 4x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 1.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.6 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.4 GHz 1.8 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
• DirectX Version
  - 12.1
• Execution units
  - 64
• Generation
  - 13
• GPU Frequency
  - 300 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 32 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2022
• Shader
  - 512
• Technology
  - 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-1215U and AMD Ryzen 5 1600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 x16 4.0 x 28
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  2667 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and Intel Core i3-1215U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  65 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 55 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and Intel Core i3-1215U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Summit Ridge (Zen) Alder Lake U
• Codename
  Pinnacle Ridge -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L1-Cache
  0.5625 MB -
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 4.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 10 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  YD1600BBAEBOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  YD1600BBAEMPK -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YD1600BBM6IAE -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2017-04-11 Q1/2022
• Socket
  AM4 BGA 1744
• Technology
  14nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d