Ryzen 3 1200 vs i5-8279U

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-8279U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 28 Watt
4.71
+16.9%
Ryzen 3 1200
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.03

Core i5-8279U outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by a moderate 17% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8279U and Ryzen 3 1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12761419
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.14
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency15.925.87
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-U (2018−2019)Summit Ridge (Zen) (2017)
Release date3 April 2019 (5 years ago)27 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$320$109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-8279U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data31
L1 cache64K (per core)384 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size126 mm2213 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Number of transistors2,300 million4800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8279U 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1528AM4
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8279U and Ryzen 3 1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
eDRAM128 MBno data
Speed Shift+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Core i5-8279U and Ryzen 3 1200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8279U and Ryzen 3 1200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8279U and Ryzen 3 1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth37.5 GB/s42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel Iris Plus Graphics 655-
Max video memory32 GB-
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+-
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHz-
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-8279U and Ryzen 3 1200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3-
eDP+-
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-8279U and Ryzen 3 1200 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+-
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@30Hz-
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz-
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-8279U and Ryzen 3 1200 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12-
OpenGL4.5-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8279U and Ryzen 3 1200.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1620

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.

i5-8279U 4.71
+16.9%
Ryzen 3 1200 4.03

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.

i5-8279U 7482
+16.8%
Ryzen 3 1200 6407

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.

i5-8279U 1197
+19.9%
Ryzen 3 1200 998

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.

i5-8279U 3720
+30.1%
Ryzen 3 1200 2860

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.

i5-8279U 6551
+56.8%
Ryzen 3 1200 4178

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.

i5-8279U 24096
+72.6%
Ryzen 3 1200 13961

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.

i5-8279U 8830
+62.9%
Ryzen 3 1200 5419

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.

i5-8279U 8.55
+46.2%
Ryzen 3 1200 12.5

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.

i5-8279U 8
+50.7%
Ryzen 3 1200 6

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i5-8279U 750
+56.3%
Ryzen 3 1200 480

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.

i5-8279U 168
+24.1%
Ryzen 3 1200 135

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.

i5-8279U 1.93
+26.1%
Ryzen 3 1200 1.53

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.

i5-8279U 5862
+136%
Ryzen 3 1200 2481

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.  

i5-8279U 46
+37.1%
Ryzen 3 1200 33

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.  

i5-8279U 190
+18.8%
Ryzen 3 1200 160

Blender(-)

i5-8279U 627
Ryzen 3 1200 1002
+59.8%

7-Zip Single

i5-8279U 4276
+26.1%
Ryzen 3 1200 3391

7-Zip

i5-8279U 22683
+89.3%
Ryzen 3 1200 11980

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.71 4.03
Recency 3 April 2019 27 July 2017
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 65 Watt

i5-8279U has a 16.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, and 132.1% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-8279U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 1200 in performance tests.

Be aware that Core i5-8279U is a notebook processor while Ryzen 3 1200 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-8279U and Ryzen 3 1200, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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