Ryzen 5 3550H vs Athlon 1200
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 1200 and Ryzen 5 3550H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1245 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 13.15 |
| Architecture codename | Thunderbird C (2000−2001) | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) |
| Release date | October 2000 (24 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 1200 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | 120 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 37 million | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 1200 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | A | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 66 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 1200 and Ryzen 5 3550H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 1200 and Ryzen 5 3550H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 1200 and Ryzen 5 3550H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.4 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 1200 and Ryzen 5 3550H.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
| Threads | 1 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 66 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen 5 3550H has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 88.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Athlon 1200 and Ryzen 5 3550H. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Athlon 1200 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 3550H is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 1200 and Ryzen 5 3550H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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