AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-8279U

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 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

2436 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

15% slightly better gaming score

3645 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

2073 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

2006 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

58.56 points

42% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

3618 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

1163 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

3733 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

1205 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

29% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

4.1 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

640th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i5-8279U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8279U performs better than the Ryzen 3 1200. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-8279U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8279U. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8279U 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.