i3-7120 vs Ryzen 3 2200G

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 2200G and Core i3-7120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1378not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.79no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3Intel Core i3
Power efficiency6.18no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date12 February 2018 (6 years ago)17 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99$117

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 2200G and Core i3-7120 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.5 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier3540
L1 cache128K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size210 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data65 °C
Number of transistors4,950 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 2200G and Core i3-7120 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM41151
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 2200G and Core i3-7120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 2200G and Core i3-7120 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 2200G and Core i3-7120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 2200G and Core i3-7120.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1216

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 4.51 3.11
Recency 12 February 2018 17 July 2017
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 51 Watt

Ryzen 3 2200G has 45% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 months, and 100% more physical cores.

i3-7120, on the other hand, has 27.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 2200G and Core i3-7120. We've got no test results to judge.


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