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Best Bench: 68% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 37% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 37% Great: 68%

SPEED RANK: 639^th / 1441

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Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 56% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 56% Great: 73%

SPEED RANK: 469^th / 1441

Gaming 66%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 55%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		57 %			66.4 %	Faster effective speed. +17%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	64.8 Pts	71.8 Pts	Lower memory latency. +11%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	90.4 Pts	103 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +14%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	178 Pts	192 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +8%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	281 Pts	329 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +17%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	302 Pts	503 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +67%


Memory OC Memory Latency	75.5 Pts	79.5 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +5%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	111 Pts	114 Pts	+3%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	219 Pts	222 Pts	+1%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	362 Pts	381 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +5%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	380 Pts	574 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +51%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.06 %	Hugely higher market share. +100%	0.03 %
Value Value For Money	75.5 %		81.6 %	Slightly better value. +8%
User Rating UBM User Rating	61 %		61 %
Price Price (score)	$100	Cheaper. +24%	$131


Age Newest	80 Months	+5%	84 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts		65 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		8 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.1 GHz		3.5 GHz	Faster base frequency. +13%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.4 GHz		3.7 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +9%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	386 Pts		584 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +51%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	304 Pts		521 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +71%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen	Zen
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

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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The quad core and octa threaded Ryzen 1500X is a sub-$200 chip based on AMD's latest Zen architecture. It is released this month as part of the Ryzen 5 launch – a mid-market range specced out to challenge Intel's i5 series and yield considerably better multi-threaded performance at budget prices. Comparing the i5-7600K shows that the 7600K is 20% faster for single and quad core workloads but looses by 20% for multi-core workloads. The Ryzen 5 line-up also includes the 6 core 12 threaded 1600X. By comparison, the 1500X is 24% less expensive, comes with a Wraith Spire cooler and impressively yields very similar single and quad core performance, but multi-core performance lags 50% behind the 1600X. Both chips can be overclocked, but out the box, the base and boost clock speeds are 3.5GHz and 3.7GHz for the 1500X and 3.6GHz and 4.0GHz for the 1600X. The 1500X is a very reasonable CPU for the money, which thanks to AMD's recent IPC improvements, punches far above its weight for multi-threaded performance by Intel's standards. ^{[Apr '17 CPUPro]}

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