Core Ultra 5 115U: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Core Ultra 5 115U provides acceptable benchmark performance at 9.11% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
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Summary
Intel started Core Ultra 5 115U sales 14 December 2023. This is a Meteor Lake architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 10 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4200 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel BGA 2049 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt. It supports DDR5 Depends on motherboard memory.
Primary details
Core Ultra 5 115U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 894 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Power efficiency | 58.17 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Designer | Intel | |
| Manufacturer | Intel | |
| Architecture codename | Meteor Lake (2023) | |
| Release date | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 10 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.2 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 112 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 10 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core Ultra 5 115U compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | Intel BGA 2049 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 5 115U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| TSX | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core Ultra 5 115U's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 Depends on motherboard |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core Ultra 5 115U.
| Integrated graphics card | Arc Xe-LPG 48EU |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core Ultra 5 115U. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
7-Zip Single
7-Zip
WebXPRT 4 Overall
Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)
Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core Ultra 5 115U is Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core Ultra 5 115U, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Core Ultra 5 115U in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2 configurations using Core Ultra 5 115U in our database.
