AMD Ryzen 3 2200U vs Intel Core i3-2120

Ryzen 3 2200U vs Core i3-2120 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 2200U is faster than the Core i3-2120. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2120 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-2120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2200U. A Ryzen 3 2200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-2120 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.