AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 8 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

6328 points

176% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

7752 points

84% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

5895 points

236% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

5789 points

243% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points

6531 points

140% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

169.56 points

313% significantly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

3013 points

14960 points

396% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

9595 points

236% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

2167 points

117% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.30 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

5.1 GHz

49% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

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

16 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Ryzen Z1

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 Ryzen Z1 Extreme comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme beats the Ryzen 3 1200 in overall performance. 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 Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 1200. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 1200. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 1200. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 1200. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.