AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i7-3820

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i7-3820 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3820 beats the Ryzen 3 1200 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 1200 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3820 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3820 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the Core i7-3820 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1200 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3820 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.