AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core 5 315
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2017
Apr 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Zen
Wildcat Lake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Intel Xe3 Graphics (2 Xe)
Generation
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Core 5 (Wildcat Lake)
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM4
Intel BGA 1516
Power Consumption
65 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100°C
Foundry
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Intel
Package
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FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
2
Performance Core Threads
12
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
1.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
6
6
Total Thread Count
12
6
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
15.0
L1 Cache
96 K per core
192 KB
L2 Cache
512 K per core
2.5 MB
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
—
4
Efficiency Core Threads
—
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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1400 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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3.3 GHz
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-6400, LPDDR5-6400X-7467
Max Memory Size
64 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
1
Max Memory Bandwidth
39.74 GB/s
59.7 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4
PCIe Lanes
20
6
AI Accelerator
Theoretical performance
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15 TOPS
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
898
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Cinebench R23
6,168
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Geekbench 6
1,144
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Geekbench 5
924
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Geekbench 6
5,129
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Geekbench 5
5,065
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Blender
115
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Passmark CPU
2,060
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Passmark CPU
12,279
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.