i3-1220P vs Ryzen 5 4500U

Place in the ranking	1025	845
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	Intel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiency	43.28	30.72
Architecture codename	Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)	Alder Lake-P (2022)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4500U and Core i3-1220P basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	6	12
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.4 GHz
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	156 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	9800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4500U and Core i3-1220P compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FP6	FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Core i3-1220P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 4500U and Core i3-1220P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Core i3-1220P are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Core i3-1220P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.27 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)	Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz
Execution Units	no data	64

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 4500U and Core i3-1220P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Core i3-1220P integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Core i3-1220P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Core i3-1220P.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	12	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 4500U 6.86

i3-1220P 9.09
+32.5%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 4500U 10903

i3-1220P 14439
+32.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.86	9.09
Integrated graphics card	6.04	5.58
Recency	6 January 2020	23 February 2022
Physical cores	6	10
Threads	6	12
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	28 Watt

Ryzen 5 4500U has 8.2% faster integrated GPU, and 86.7% lower power consumption.

i3-1220P, on the other hand, has a 32.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 66.7% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Core i3-1220P is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 4500U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 4500U and Core i3-1220P, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.