AMDYD1200BBAEBOX
AMD100-100000071BOX

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

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.6GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q3 2019.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 718,947 user samples
83,528 User Benchmarks
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: 640th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
635,419 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 76% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 76% Great: 94%
SPEED RANK: 170th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
57 % 85.9 % Much faster effective speed.
+51%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
64.8 Pts 76.2 Pts Lower memory latency.
+18%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
90.4 Pts 138 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+53%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
178 Pts 270 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+52%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
281 Pts 513 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+83%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
302 Pts 900 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+198%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
75.5 Pts 86.6 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+15%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
111 Pts 145 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+31%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
219 Pts 288 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+32%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
362 Pts 562 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+55%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
380 Pts 1009 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+166%
Market Share
Based on 67,822,189 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.04 % 0.73 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,725%
Value
Value For Money
75.5 % 93.4 % Better value.
+24%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
61 % 89 % Much more popular.
+46%
Price
Price (score)
$100 Much cheaper.
+51%
$205
Age
Newest
81 Months 57 Months More recent.
+30%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts 65 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 8 cores Hugely higher core count.
+100%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
4 threads 16 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+300%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
14 nm 7 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+50%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.1 GHz 3.6 GHz Faster base frequency.
+16%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.4 GHz 4.4 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+29%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
386 Pts 1479 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+283%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
304 Pts 1358 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+347%
Series
CPU Architecture
Zen Zen2
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM4 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None
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