Athlon 1300 vs Ryzen 3 1200
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 3 1200 and Athlon 1300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1382 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.94 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 3 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Summit Ridge (Zen) (2017) | Thunderbird B (2000−2001) |
| Release date | 27 July 2017 (7 years ago) | March 2001 (23 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 3 1200 and Athlon 1300 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 3.1 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 31 | no data |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 256 KB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 192 mm2 | 120 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | 37 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 3 1200 and Athlon 1300 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | AM4 | A |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 68 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Athlon 1300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Athlon 1300 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Athlon 1300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR1 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Athlon 1300.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 68 Watt |
Ryzen 3 1200 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 4.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 1200 and Athlon 1300. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 1200 and Athlon 1300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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