Core i3-1315U: CPU benchmarks and laptop guide

The Intel Core i3-1315U is a Raptor Lake-U processor from 2023, and 55 catalog models carry it — one of the widest rosters among current-generation mainstream laptops. Against the 69 games the catalog tracks it meets the recommended CPU requirement in 15 of them, with another 36 clearing only the minimum bar. This guide covers where the chip ranks among laptop CPUs, what it brings to everyday work, and which laptops use it.

Where the Core i3-1315U sits in 2026

A catalog score of 43.6 places the chip 337th of 737 scored laptop CPUs — the middle of the table. The neighborhood mixes eras: above it sit the Ryzen 7 3750H (44.4), Core i7-4710MQ (43.7) and Core i7-10510U (43.7), while the Core i5-7300HQ (43.5), Core i7-4710HQ (43.3) and Core i7-4700MQ (43.3) sit just below. Level with those older quad-core i7s on raw throughput is the honest read — what the 1315U adds over them is a generation of efficiency, not speed.

What the chip brings

Raptor Lake-U gives it 6 cores and 8 threads on a 7 nm process at 15 W, running a 1.2 GHz base with boosts to 4.5 GHz, plus Intel UHD Graphics integrated graphics. The only public benchmark recorded is an overall PassMark of 11,059 — mid-table throughput drawn from a thin-and-light power budget. This is mainstream silicon: quick enough for office and study work, never aimed at performance users.

Games: CPU-side readiness

Measured purely as a processor, the chip clears the recommended CPU tier for 15 of 69 cataloged games, meets the minimum tier for 36 more, and falls below the minimum for 18 — including Fortnite, Apex Legends, Counter-Strike 2 and Call of Duty: Warzone. The esports staples such as League of Legends, Dota 2 and Minecraft land at the minimum rather than recommended tier. Older and mid-weight titles are where it earns its verdicts: God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman 3 and Grand Theft Auto V among them. These verdicts are CPU-only; the laptop's GPU and RAM decide actual playability.

Laptops that carry it

The 55-model roster is dominated by business and mainstream machines from 2023–2025: Dell's Latitude 5540, 5440 and 3450 ($509–$536), HP's ProBook 450 G10 ($609), the ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 ($447), Lenovo's ThinkBook 16 G6 ($466) and Dell's Pro 16 ($765), plus ASUS's ExpertBook P1 and Vivobook 17, Samsung's Galaxy Book 4, Dell's Inspiron 13 5330 and the Framework Laptop 12 reaching $1,232. The laptops around it typically show a median office comfort of 100, a performance index of about 44, energy efficiency of about 89 and portability of about 59 — modern, efficient everyday machines rather than performers.

Bottom line

The Core i3-1315U is dependable mainstream silicon for used-laptop buyers who need office work, browsing and study sessions to run smoothly — the business models at $447–$609 in this roster are its natural home. Ranked 337th of 737 with 15 of 69 games at the recommended tier, it handles older and lighter games but not the modern multiplayer crowd; buyers who want Fortnite-class titles playable should step up to an H-series chip, while anyone happy without gaming has little reason to pay more.