AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-4790K

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 203.13 significantly less expensive

$ 283.12

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

3124 points

36% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

5019 points

19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

2564 points

46% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

2462 points

46% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points

2813 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

73.53 points

79% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

4415 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

1357 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

4402 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

1403 points

40% 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

4 GHz

29% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

4.4 GHz

29% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35% slightly lower TDP

88 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

520th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i7-4790K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790K is faster than the Ryzen 3 1200. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 1200 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4790K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1200 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its slightly 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.