Intel Core i3-1215U

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Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 1200P/1200U
Family
Intel Core i3
Generation
12
Name
Intel Core i3-1215U
Predecessor
—
Segment
Mobile
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
2x Golden Cove
B-Core
4x Gracemont
Base Frequency
1.2 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
hybrid (big.LITTLE)
CPU Cores
6
CPU Threads
8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Overclocking
No
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
4.4 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
1.8 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
12.1
Execution units
64
Generation
13
GPU Frequency
300 MHz
GPU name
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
GPU Turbo
1100 MHz
Max. displays
4
Max. GPU Memory
32 GB
Release date
Q1/2022
Shader
512
Technology
10 nm

Hardware codec support

AV1
Decode
H.264 / AVC
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
64 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
PCIe
4.0 x 28

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
100 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
15 W
TDP (PL2)
55 W
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Alder Lake U
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
L2-Cache
4.5 MB
L3-Cache
10 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q1/2022
Socket
BGA 1744
Technology
10 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i3-1215U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

270 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Published results: 8

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settings	Intel Core i3-1215U
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Linux	73.041097 samples/min Submissions: 5
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows	56.727939 samples/min Submissions: 8
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows	52.301314 samples/min Submissions: 12
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows	60.504984 samples/min Submissions: 8
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux	81.576108 samples/min Submissions: 7
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows	43.630394 samples/min Submissions: 17
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows	57.167815 samples/min Submissions: 7
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Windows	73.61233 samples/min Submissions: 6

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Intel Core i3-1215U with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

1091 GFLOPS

Intel Core i3-1215U

1115 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-1230U

1115 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-1240U

All the benchmark results

Comparable benchmark results are required to suggest performance alternatives.