AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-4590S

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-4590S

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 118.96 significantly less expensive

$ 198.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

6% slightly better overall score

2162 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

5% slightly better gaming score

4006 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

1647 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

1580 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

45.67 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

0.07% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2794 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

1049 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

2984 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

1094 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

692nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2014 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 i5-4590S comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4590S performs better than the Ryzen 3 1200. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 1200 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4590S. Despite this, the Core i5-4590S 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.