AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i3-550

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i3-550 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 1200 is faster than the Core i3-550. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-550 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 3 1200 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-550 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-550 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 1200. A Ryzen 3 1200 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-550 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.