Ryzen 3 1200 vs Ryzen 7 1800X

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen 7 1800X
2017
8 cores / 16 threads
10.59
+156%

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 156% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 3 1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking6641301
Place by popularitynot in top-10078
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.197.72
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Ryzen 3
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Summit Ridge (Zen)
Release date2 March 2017 (7 years ago)27 July 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499$109
Current price$182 (0.4x MSRP)$105 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 7 1800X has 84% better value for money than Ryzen 3 1200.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 3 1200 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads164
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache768 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache16384 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2192 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 3 1200 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)
SocketAM4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 3 1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTDDR4-2667 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
FMAFMA3no data
AVX++
XFR+no data
SenseMI+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 3 1200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 3 1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card--

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 3 1200.

PCIe versionn/a3.0
PCI Express lanes2020

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 7 1800X 10.59
+156%
Ryzen 3 1200 4.14

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 156% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 7 1800X 16384
+156%
Ryzen 3 1200 6407

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 156% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 1800X 1135
+15.2%
Ryzen 3 1200 985

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 15% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 1800X 5742
+102%
Ryzen 3 1200 2838

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 102% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 7 1800X 5062
+21.2%
Ryzen 3 1200 4178

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 21% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 1800X 32833
+135%
Ryzen 3 1200 13961

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 135% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 1800X 9585
+76.9%
Ryzen 3 1200 5419

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 77% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 7 1800X 4.6
+172%
Ryzen 3 1200 12.5

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Ryzen 7 1800X by 172% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 7 1800X 18
+227%
Ryzen 3 1200 6

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 227% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 1800X 1618
+237%
Ryzen 3 1200 480

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 237% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 1800X 161
+19.1%
Ryzen 3 1200 135

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 19% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 7 1800X 1.79
+17%
Ryzen 3 1200 1.53

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 17% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1800X 9.7
+273%
Ryzen 3 1200 2.6

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 273% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1800X 3967
+59.9%
Ryzen 3 1200 2481

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 60% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1800X 179
+11.9%
Ryzen 3 1200 160

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 12% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1800X 84
+152%
Ryzen 3 1200 33

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 152% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Ryzen 7 1800X 21595
+105%
Ryzen 3 1200 10545

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 105% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Ryzen 7 1800X 4490
+15.7%
Ryzen 3 1200 3881

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 16% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.59 4.14
Recency 2 March 2017 27 July 2017
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Cost $499 $109
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt

The Ryzen 7 1800X is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 1200 in performance tests.


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