AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i7-2600K

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 i7-2600K

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 5.00 slightly less expensive

$ 84.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

2571 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

3% slightly better gaming score

4067 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

2123 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

2039 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points

3342 points

22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

44.04 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2292 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

665 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2289 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

665 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

612th 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 i7-2600K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2600K performs better than the Ryzen 3 1200. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2600K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1200 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600K CPU because of its 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.