AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i7-3770

AMD Ryzen 3 1200
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Intel Core i7-3770
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i7-3770

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770
    129%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770
    112%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770
    146%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 1200

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

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770

12% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 46% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 3 1200.
Around 29% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-3770

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3770

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-3770

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3770

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 1200Intel Core i7-3770
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 1200Intel Core i7-3770
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsIvy Bridge
Release DateJun 2017vsApr 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 1200Intel Core i7-3770
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4000

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 1200Intel Core i7-3770
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 1200Intel Core i7-3770
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size192mm²vs160mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 1200Intel Core i7-3770
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    3740 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770
    4017 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    13640 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770
    16809 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    442
  • Intel Core i7-3770 (simulated)
    647.94

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    124
  • Intel Core i7-3770 (simulated)
    139

points - higher is better