AMD Ryzen 3 3200G vs AMD Athlon X4 970

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2019
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
AMD Athlon X4 970
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2017
AMD Athlon X4 970

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 970.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 970

None

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GAMD Athlon X4 970
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost
3DNow!
SSE4
FMA4
TBM
XOP
Turbo Core

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GAMD Athlon X4 970
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4 Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenamePicassovsBristol Ridge
Release DateJul 2019vsJul 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GAMD Athlon X4 970
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 8vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GAMD Athlon X4 970
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GAMD Athlon X4 970
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case TempN/Avs74°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vsuPGA
Die Size210mm²vs246mm²
Process12 nmvs28 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GAMD Athlon X4 970
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
    4400 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    2760 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
    15840 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    9124 points

Points - higher is better