AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs AMD A8-9600

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD A8-9600

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 13.10

$ 66.89 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

55% significantly better overall score

1470 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

52% significantly better gaming score

2763 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

57% significantly better multitasking score

1115 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

57% significantly better heavy workload score

1070 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

109% significantly higher Blender score

19.59 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

105% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1359 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

569 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1498 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

611 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

Identical

3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

Identical

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

Identical

2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

681st of 1,120

837th of 1,120

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 1200 vs A8-9600 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 1200 is faster than the A8-9600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-9600 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Ryzen 3 1200 and A8-9600 have the same clock speed. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.