AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 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
$ 61.00 significantly less expensive
$ 140.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points
6140 points
167% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points
8293 points
97% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points
5448 points
210% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points
5276 points
213% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points
5522 points
103% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points
146.73 points
258% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

3013 points
10551 points
250% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points
7577 points
170% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points
1885 points
100% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points
7674 points
169% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points
1931 points
93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
3.9 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
4.4 GHz
29% 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

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

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
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089
243rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2021 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Ryzen 5 5600G benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600G performs better than the Ryzen 3 1200. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 1200 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 1200 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 1200. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G 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 5 5600G has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 1200. The Ryzen 5 5600G also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. 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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