AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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
3147 points
37% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points
4989 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points
2595 points
48% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points
2494 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points
64.47 points
57% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

3013 points
5149 points
70% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points
3685 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points
1171 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed
2.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
4.3 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
Identical
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089
518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Ryzen 5 7520U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7520U performs better than the Ryzen 3 1200. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 7520U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 3 1200 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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