IntelBX80646I54590
$188
AMDYD1200BBAEBOX
 $188 

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.3GHz, Haswell.
Release date: Q3 2014.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 234,894 user samples
151,366 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 45% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 45% Great: 73%
SPEED RANK: 526th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
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
63.5 % Faster effective speed.
+11%
57 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
76.9 Pts Lower memory latency.
+19%
64.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
90.6 Pts +0% 90.4 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
178 Pts 178 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
287 Pts +2% 281 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
307 Pts +2% 302 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
91.7 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+21%
75.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
100 Pts 111 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+11%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
196 Pts 219 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+12%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
350 Pts 362 Pts +3%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
361 Pts 380 Pts Slightly faster OC octa-core speed.
+5%
Market Share
Based on 67,694,445 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.39 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,200%
0.03 %
Value
Value For Money
70.7 % 75.5 % Slightly better value.
+7%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
61 % 61 %
Price
Price (score)
$188 $100 Much cheaper.
+47%
Age
Newest
117 Months 80 Months Much more recent.
+32%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
84 Watts 65 Watts More energy efficient.
+23%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
4 threads 4 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
22 nm 14 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+36%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.3 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+6%
3.1 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.7 GHz Slightly faster turbo frequency.
+9%
3.4 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
361 Pts 386 Pts Slightly faster OC 64-core speed.
+7%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
309 Pts +2% 304 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Haswell Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1150 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD 4600 None
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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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