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Intel Core 5 315
The Intel Core 5 315 is a 6-core Wildcat Lake laptop processor in Intel's Core Series 3 family, with 2 Cougar Cove performance cores boosting up to 4.4 GHz and 4 Darkmont low-power efficient cores. Built on Intel 18A with 2-Xe3-core graphics at up to 2.3 GHz and a 15 TOPS NPU, it has a 15 W base and 35 W maximum turbo power.
Pros
- Built on Intel 18A with a 15 W base power and 35 W maximum turbo power
- Two Cougar Cove performance cores boost up to 4.4 GHz, with 2,516 Geekbench 6 single-core points in a published result
- Supports LPDDR5X-7467 (up to 48 GB) or DDR5-6400 (up to 64 GB) memory
- Xe3 graphics with 2 Xe-cores at up to 2.3 GHz and a 15 TOPS NPU
- Platform supports up to two Thunderbolt 4 ports, Wi-Fi 7 and PCIe 4.0
Cons
- Only 6 cores and 6 threads (2 performance and 4 low-power efficient), with 7,454 Geekbench 6 multi-core points in the same result
- 15 TOPS NPU is below the 40 TOPS Microsoft requires for Copilot+ PCs
- Boost and graphics clocks sit below the Core 5 320 (4.4 vs 4.6 GHz CPU, 2.3 vs 2.5 GHz graphics)
- Single-channel memory interface limits memory bandwidth
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core 5 315
General
- Announced
- 2026
- Process
- 2 nm
- Base TDP
- 15 W
- Max TDP
- 35 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 6
- Performance cores
- 2
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- Threads
- 6
- Base clock
- 1.5 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.4 GHz
- L3 cache
- 6 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel Graphics (2 Xe3-cores)
- iGPU clock
- 2,300 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-7467 / DDR5-6400
- Max memory
- 64 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,516Bottom 51%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 7,454Bottom 23%
- PassMark
- 14,672Bottom 29%
Devices with the Intel Core 5 315
1 device in our catalog uses this chip
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core 5 315 good in 2026?
The Intel Core 5 315 earns an Inno Score of 50.7/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Intel Core 5 315 is a 6-core Wildcat Lake laptop processor in Intel's Core Series 3 family, with 2 Cougar Cove performance cores boosting up to 4.4 GHz and 4 Darkmont low-power efficient cores. Built on Intel 18A with 2-Xe3-core graphics at up to 2.3 GHz and a 15 TOPS NPU, it has a 15 W base and 35 W maximum turbo power.
Does the Intel Core 5 315 count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 14,672 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier C of our CPU tier checker: older or low-power Core i7, and many recent Core i5 chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
Which devices use the Intel Core 5 315?
One device in our catalog uses the Intel Core 5 315: Lecoo Air 14 2026.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core 5 315?
Cores: 6 · Threads: 6 · Boost clock: 4.4 GHz · Base TDP: 15 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core 5 315?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 7 6800H, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100, Intel Core i5-13450HX — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
