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    AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs AMD A8-9600

    AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
    AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    AMD A8-9600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
    AMD A8-9600

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
      170%
    • AMD A8-9600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
      172%
    • AMD A8-9600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
      169%
    • AMD A8-9600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 1200

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 72% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 69% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 70% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider AMD A8-9600

    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 3 1200.
    AMD Ryzen 3 1200

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 1200

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 3 1200

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 1200

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD A8-9600
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD A8-9600
    ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Excavator
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsBristol Ridge
    Release DateJun 2017vsSep 2016

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD A8-9600
    Cores4vs4
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD A8-9600
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs0 KB

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD A8-9600
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size192mm²vsunknown
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD A8-9600
    Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3100 MHz
    Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs3400 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
      3740 points
    • AMD A8-9600
      2346 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
      13640 points
    • AMD A8-9600
      7443 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
      442
    • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
      260.24

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
      124
    • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
      72.05

    points - higher is better

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