AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-7260U

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i5-7260U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 1200 performs better than the Core i5-7260U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7260U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 3 1200 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-7260U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7260U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i5-7260U outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 1200 thanks to a significantly 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.