Pentium Gold G5500 vs Ryzen 3 1200

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 1200
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.03
+67.2%
Pentium Gold G5500
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 54 Watt
2.41

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium Gold G5500 by an impressive 67% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold G5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14191782
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.144.74
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3Intel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency5.874.47
Architecture codenameSummit Ridge (Zen) (2017)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Gold G5500 has 14% better value for money than Ryzen 3 1200.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold G5500 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 speed3.1 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier3138
L1 cache384 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold G5500 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 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold G5500. 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, SHAno data
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold G5500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold G5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold G5500.

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 4.03
+67.2%
Pentium Gold G5500 2.41

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
+67.6%
Pentium Gold G5500 3823

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 998
+25.9%
Pentium Gold G5500 793

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 2860
+76.8%
Pentium Gold G5500 1618

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.03 2.41
Recency 27 July 2017 2 April 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 54 Watt

Ryzen 3 1200 has a 67.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold G5500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 20.4% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 1200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G5500 in performance tests.


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