AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i9-9900

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 79.99
$ 390.49 significantly less expensive
$ 470.48

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points
6105 points
166% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points
7952 points
88% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points
5494 points
213% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points
5338 points
217% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points
9955 points
266% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points
148.10 points
261% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points
7103 points
154% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points
1598 points
69% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points
7287 points
155% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points
1617 points
62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
16
300% 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
5 GHz
47% significantly 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

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
Identical
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089
246th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
9th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i9-9900 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9900 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9900 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 1200. Indeed, the Core i9-9900 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 1200. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 1200. Both the Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i9-9900 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-9900 has a significantly 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. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i9-9900 also has significantly more 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.

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