AMD Ryzen 3 3200U vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Ryzen 3 3200U vs Core i7-4712MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4712MQ performs better than the Ryzen 3 3200U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3200U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 3200U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3200U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 3200U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. Also, the Ryzen 3 3200U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4712MQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 3200U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 3200U.

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 3200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.