AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs AMD FX-8320

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-8320

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 24.05 significantly less expensive

$ 104.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

2534 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

13% slightly better gaming score

3698 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

2159 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

2072 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points

2853 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

37.97 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1814 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

104% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

461 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1791 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

117% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

458 points

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

3.5 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

4 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

8 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

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

620th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 1200 vs FX-8320 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8320 performs better than the Ryzen 3 1200. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the FX-8320 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. A Ryzen 3 1200 CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the FX-8320 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. 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.