i5-1030NG7 vs Ryzen 3 1200

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 1200
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.11
+12%
Core i5-1030NG7
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 10 Watt
3.67

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Core i5-1030NG7 by a moderate 12% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14061499
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.17no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3Intel Ice Lake
Power efficiency5.8734.09
Architecture codenameSummit Ridge (Zen) (2017)Ice Lake-Y (2020)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)18 March 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed3.1 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 GT/s
Multiplier31no data
L1 cache384 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die size213 mm2123 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4Intel BGA 1044
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4LPDDR4-3733
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s58.3 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel Iris Plus Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-1.05 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3
eDP-+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-Yes, at 120Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP-5120 x 3200@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-5120 x 3200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes20no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 3 1200 4.11
+12%
i5-1030NG7 3.67

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 3 1200 6407
+12.1%
i5-1030NG7 5713

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 3 1200 997
i5-1030NG7 1314
+31.8%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 3 1200 2850
i5-1030NG7 3359
+17.9%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 3 1200 4178
i5-1030NG7 4250
+1.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 3 1200 13961
+48%
i5-1030NG7 9432

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 3 1200 5419
+41.6%
i5-1030NG7 3828

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 3 1200 12.5
+21.6%
i5-1030NG7 15.2

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 3 1200 6
+63.2%
i5-1030NG7 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 3 1200 480
+7.1%
i5-1030NG7 448

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 3 1200 135
i5-1030NG7 140
+3.7%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 3 1200 1.53
+26.4%
i5-1030NG7 1.21

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 3 1200 2.6
i5-1030NG7 3.1
+19.2%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 3 1200 33
+97.3%
i5-1030NG7 17

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 3 1200 160
+107%
i5-1030NG7 77

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 3 1200 2481
i5-1030NG7 3878
+56.3%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 3 1200 2882
+6.3%
i5-1030NG7 2710

Blender(-)

Ryzen 3 1200 1002
i5-1030NG7 1310
+30.7%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 3 1200 834
i5-1030NG7 1089
+30.5%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 3 1200 3391
i5-1030NG7 3472
+2.4%

7-Zip

Ryzen 3 1200 11980
+9.7%
i5-1030NG7 10924

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 3 1200 151
i5-1030NG7 159
+5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.11 3.67
Recency 27 July 2017 18 March 2020
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 10 Watt

Ryzen 3 1200 has a 12% higher aggregate performance score.

i5-1030NG7, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more threads, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 550% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 1200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-1030NG7 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 3 1200 is a desktop processor while Core i5-1030NG7 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 1200 and Core i5-1030NG7, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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