AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 68.05 significantly less expensive

$ 148.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

1% slightly better overall score

2261 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

15% slightly better gaming score

3641 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

1833 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

1759 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

33.09 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.2 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

3 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

6 MiB

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Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

671st of 1,089

Family

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Ryzen 3 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Phenom II X6 1090T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 1200 is faster than the Phenom II X6 1090T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1090T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1090T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 1200. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1090T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 1200. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 1200. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1090T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. In terms of cache, the Phenom II X6 1090T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 1200 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Phenom II X6 1090T.

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.