Intel Celeron 3215U vs Intel Core i3-3227U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Celeron 3000 Intel Core i 3000U
• Family
  Intel Celeron Intel Core i3
• Generation
  7 3
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  1.7 GHz 1.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  11.2 11.0
• Execution units
  12 16
• Generation
  8 7
• GPU Frequency
  100 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU Turbo
  800 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q1/2011
• Shader
  96 128
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-3227U and Intel Celeron 3215U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron 3215U and Intel Core i3-3227U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 17 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron 3215U and Intel Core i3-3227U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaby Lake U Ivy Bridge U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q1/2013
• Socket
  BGA 1168 BGA 1023
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d