AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs AMD FX-9590

AMD Ryzen 3 1200
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
AMD FX-9590
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4700 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jul 2013
AMD FX-9590

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    100%
  • AMD FX-9590
    128%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    104%
  • AMD FX-9590
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    100%
  • AMD FX-9590
    162%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 1200

155 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider AMD FX-9590

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 62% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-9590

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-9590

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD FX-9590
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD FX-9590
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsVishera
Release DateJun 2017vsJul 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD FX-9590
Cores4vs8
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD FX-9590
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs384 KB
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs8192 KB
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD FX-9590
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size192mm²vs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD FX-9590
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs4700 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs5000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.912 V
TDP65 Wvs220 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    3740 points
  • AMD FX-9590
    3050 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    13640 points
  • AMD FX-9590
    18807 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    442
  • AMD FX-9590
    717

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    124
  • AMD FX-9590 (simulated)
    118.6

points - higher is better