AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i7-2600

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 i7-2600

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 146.38 significantly less expensive

$ 226.37

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

2539 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

5% slightly better gaming score

3984 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

2108 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

2031 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points

3013 points

10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

38.63 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2047 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

608 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2040 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

610 points

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

3.4 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.8 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

619th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i7-2600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2600 beats the Ryzen 3 1200 in overall performance. 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 i7-2600 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1200 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600 CPU because of its 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.