IntelBX8071512400
AMDYD1200BBAEBOX

6 Cores, 12 Threads @2.5GHz, Alder Lake.
Release date: Q1 2022.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 100,880 user samples
17,352 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 106% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 91% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 91% Great: 106%
SPEED RANK: 84th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
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
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
98.2 % Much faster effective speed.
+72%
57 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
80.7 Pts Lower memory latency.
+25%
64.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
173 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+91%
90.4 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
331 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+86%
178 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
621 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+121%
281 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
973 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+222%
302 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
90.4 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+20%
75.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
182 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+64%
111 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
353 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+61%
219 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
673 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+86%
362 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1039 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+173%
380 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,713,788 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.39 % Hugely higher market share.
+875%
0.04 %
Value
Value For Money
116 % Much better value.
+54%
75.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
92 % Much more popular.
+51%
61 %
Price
Price (score)
$152 $100 Much cheaper.
+34%
Age
Newest
27 Months Much more recent.
+66%
80 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts 65 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
6 cores Much higher core count.
+50%
4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
12 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+200%
4 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
10 nm Newer manufacturing.
+29%
14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
2.5 GHz 3.1 GHz Faster base frequency.
+24%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.4 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+29%
3.4 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1221 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+216%
386 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1176 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+287%
304 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Alder Lake Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1700 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD 730 None
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I originally wanted an i5-12600 but unfortunately, it was not available so I settled for a 12400. It's really affordable and the performance is great. [Nov '22 arvinjason]

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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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