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Ryzen 3 1200

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4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.1GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 55.1% (221st of 1184)

Based on 36,697 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F11 Model: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Quad-Core Processor

The Ryzen 3 1200 is the second of AMD's new entry level CPUs which feature the latest Zen core architecture, as already seen in the Ryzen 5 and 7 series. Like its sister, the Ryzen 3 1300X, the 1200 is a four core CPU which offers fantastic value for money. Priced at just $109, this unlocked processor has stock base / boost clock speeds of 3.1 / 3.4 GHz respectively, compared to 3.5 / 3.7 GHz for the 1300X. Early benchmarks show that the Ryzen 3 1200 is worthy competition to Intel's six month old and currently 50% more expensive i3-7320. This may make the fact that the 1200 comes without integrated graphics more forgivable. The dual core, hyperthreaded i3-7320 beats the 1300 in single threaded tests by over 20% but the 1200 wins in multi-threaded tasks, scoring 10% higher for quad-core benchmarks, making the Ryzen 3 1200 a better choice for thread intensive workloads. [Jul '17 CPUPro]

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Poor: 39%Average: 55.1% Great: 70%
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

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Average average bench

The AMD Ryzen 3 1200 averaged 44.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 94.2Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 184Pts

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 3 1200 is 31.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 3 1200 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 352Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 350Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 36,697 samples)
Rank 22155.1%
Min Avg Max
79.9 1-Core 94.2 112
147 2-Core 184 224
65.6% 139 Pts
Min Avg Max
220 4-Core 342 441
258 8-Core 350 446
47.1% 346 Pts
Min Avg Max
267 64-Core 352 447
23.6% 352 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
57.9% Above average
1-Core 100
2-Core 195
70% 148 Pts
4-Core 363
8-Core 356
49% 360 Pts
64-Core 363
24% 363 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
57.4% Above average
1-Core 96.7
2-Core 183
66% 140 Pts
4-Core 360
8-Core 359
49% 360 Pts
64-Core 361
24% 361 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
57.2% Above average
1-Core 96.6
2-Core 181
66% 139 Pts
4-Core 359
8-Core 358
49% 359 Pts
64-Core 360
24% 360 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
55.7% Above average
1-Core 94.1
2-Core 179
65% 136 Pts
4-Core 348
8-Core 352
48% 350 Pts
64-Core 350
24% 350 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,057,675 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $109 @ launch in Jul '17
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Gaming
Gaming 31%
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Desktop
Desktop 54%
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Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $60

CPU
Ryzen 3 1200AMD  $60Bench 55%, 36,697 samples1,919x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 401,466 samples2,565x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 39,743 samples1,636x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 56%, 706,813 samples1,271x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $30Bench 66%, 93,458 samples1,013x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 60%, 58,380 samples921x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $40Bench 45%, 32,540 samples248x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 30,591 samples567x
1x8GBAdataBench 38%, 9,435 samples524x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair  $38Bench 42%, 27,129 samples365x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $305

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,267

Official site www.amd.com/...

A landmark increase in processor performance...

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USA-User
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5,656

Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

12 days ago.

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Good gaming performance and very high multicore performance.—Jan '18

TUR-User
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3,432

Excellent

16 days ago.

vry nice

FRA-User
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3,011

Poor

1 month ago.

OMG BEST CPU EVER 360 NOSCOPED

IND-User
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2,638

Liked

14 days ago.

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Low price, good performance, can manage 1080p gaming too.—Jan '18

AUS-User
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2,460

Terrible

1 month ago.

it sucks.

JPN-User
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2,344

Poor

27 days ago.

i was looking for an econimical gaming cpu

CZE-User
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2,182

Excellent

1 month ago.

Great CPU even in 2019. Waiting for 3rd gen. Ryzen and bought this as tepmorary one. But it surprised me by low cost and high performance when overclocked to 3.8 without any issues.

ARG-User
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2,148

Excellent

3 months ago.

Have a great cpu low cost/high preformance

PHL-User
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1,890

Excellent

16 days ago.

it hasn't burned out on me yet lol

BGR-User
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1,818

Excellent

2 months ago.

I made the mistake to buy Athlon X4 950 first, i got rid of it and this CPU totally smashed it. Its exceptional because its the cheapest and weakest entry level Ryzen at all but still manages everything (huge L3 cache). In the past years have you seen a new model of Celeron or i3 beat higher class older CPUs in such a way? No, the only one now is i3-8100 and it came in response to all the Ryzens. It is also great, i convinced a friend to buy it (he's Intel fan) and he's very pleased.

FIN-User
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1,608

Poor

11 days ago.

I just upgraded from the g4560 and it's great I love it

HRV-User
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1,602

Excellent

1 month ago.

Comment 

The Ryzen R3 Pro has a 1024 KB bigger L2 cache than the Core i5-7400 3.0GHz, which means that it, at worst, wins out in this area, and at best, will provide superior gaming performance and will work much better with high-end graphics cards.—Jan '18

PER-User
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1,334

Excellent

11 days ago.

excelente

CPUPro
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1,267

Good

2 years ago.

MKD-User
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818

Good

18 days ago.

probably gonna upgrade from the i3 to this

GamingEliot
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494

Good

2 years ago.

Not as good of a value as the 1300X, but if you somehow don't have the extra money, this is a good choice.

gvrax
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360

Terrible

2 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

dwhichard
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34

Excellent

3 months ago.

fast cpu great overclocking

IsaacR100
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14

Excellent

8 months ago.

great value and easily overclocked

LOKKI
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10

Excellent

9 months ago.

My first Ryzen processor before moving to 2200g. Overclocks very well with the stock cooler. Has amazing price to performance ratio.

Robotonic
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10

Good

3 months ago.

I got one of these myself for a sub-£300 gaming PC build. The performance isn't crazy but in the U.K. I can buy it for less (atleast at time of buying) than an equivalent Intel dual core - I got it for £54 and it's even cheaper since. My best guess is these quad-cores'll be replacing the old role of dual-cores as a super budget gaming option soon enough and might be outdated even faster than dual-cores were. For now however it can still handle Nvidia's GTX 1060 or the equivalent and sometimes cheaper AMD RX 570. Keep in mind that this CPU is /already/ almost outdated in this day and age of 6-core CPU's so it's now the budget option for gaming. But there is an important thing to keep in mind about the CPU; almost every motherboard will let you upgrade to a Ryzen 5 1600 or 2600 with no issue and if you have a B450 board even a Ryzen 5 3600. And that's just too much of an opportunity for me to pass up.

SraamaR
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4

Excellent

19 months ago.

Incredible value for money

Logatron01
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4

Excellent

2 months ago.

Superior Price/Performance with lots of room for upgrade, being AM4.

doushio
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2

Good

16 months ago.

Would be a 5/5 if ddr4 prices were reasonable.

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