AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i7-4900MQ

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 i7-4900MQ

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 120.01 significantly less expensive

$ 200.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

2307 points

0.65% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

8% slightly better gaming score

3862 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

1859 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

1784 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

54.97 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

2842 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

0.86% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

933 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

3402 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

1123 points

12% 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

10% slightly higher clock speed

2.80 GHz

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

47 W

38% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

Identical

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

659th 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

2013 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 i7-4900MQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4900MQ performs better than the Ryzen 3 1200. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4900MQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4900MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4900MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4900MQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 1200 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 1200 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4900MQ. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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.