AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-7300U

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points
98% significantly better overall score
1153 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points
88% significantly better gaming score
2228 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points
102% significantly better multitasking score
867 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points
102% significantly better heavy workload score
833 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points
66% significantly higher Blender score
24.58 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089
910th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
7th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i5-7300U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 1200 performs better than the Core i5-7300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7300U 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 i5-7300U that 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 i5-7300U. Despite this, the Core i5-7300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-7300U 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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