AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i7-8705G

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

2382 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

14% slightly better gaming score

3668 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

1988 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

1908 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

61.13 points

49% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

3878 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

1153 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

3988 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

1284 points

28% 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

Identical

3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

4.1 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

256 KiB

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

646th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2018 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i7-8705G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8705G is faster 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 i7-8705G has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i7-8705G are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 3 1200 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8705G. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.