
Ryzen 3 Review: 1200 and 1300X for Desktop PCs
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
The AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (not to be confused with the E1-1200 from 2012) is a quad-core desktop processor with no SMT support (4 threads only). As of mid-2017, the Ryzen 3 is the slowest quad-core desktop Ryzen CPU.
Performance
The average 1200 in our database fails to outgun the Core i7-8550U, a quad-core laptop CPU, in multi-thread benchmarks. In other words, this is a rather unimpressive chip, as of mid 2022, and the unlocked multiplier isn't enough to sweeten the deal. Find out more in our full review.
Power consumption
This Ryzen 3 series chip has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 65 W that it is very likely to abide by, considering the modest clock speeds and the absence of an integrated GPU.
The R3 1200 is built with a 14 nm process for really low, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.
Codename | Summit Ridge (Zen) |
Series | AMD Ryzen 3 |
Clock Rate | 3100 - 3400 MHz |
Level 1 Cache | 384 KB |
Level 2 Cache | 2 MB |
Level 3 Cache | 8 MB |
Number of Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 |
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) | 65 Watt |
Transistor Count | 4800 Million |
Manufacturing Technology | 14 nm |
Max. Temperature | 95 °C |
Socket | AM4 |
Features | DDR4-2667 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA |
64 Bit | 64 Bit support |
Architecture | x86 |
Announcement Date | 07/28/2017 |
Product Link (external) | www.amd.com |
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