AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-3550S

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-3550S

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 69.96 significantly less expensive

$ 149.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

79% significantly better overall score

1279 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

78% significantly better gaming score

2353 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

79% significantly better multitasking score

976 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

79% significantly better heavy workload score

937 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2383 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

708 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1747 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

619 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

3% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.7 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

876th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i5-3550S comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 1200 is faster than the Core i5-3550S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3550S in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3550S. Despite this, the Core i5-3550S has a slightly higher 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.

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.