i3-8120 vs Ryzen 3 2200U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 2200U and Core i3-8120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1831not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3Intel Core i3
Power efficiency14.25no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)1 September 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 2200U and Core i3-8120 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier25no data
L1 cache128K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2126 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 2200U and Core i3-8120 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)
SocketFP51151
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 2200U and Core i3-8120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 2200U and Core i3-8120 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 2200U and Core i3-8120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 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 3 ( - 1000 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 2200U and Core i3-8120.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12no data

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 2.98 3.09
Recency 26 October 2017 1 September 2018
Physical cores 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 3 2200U has 333.3% lower power consumption.

i3-8120, on the other hand, has 3.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 10 months, and 100% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 2200U and Core i3-8120. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 3 2200U is a notebook processor while Core i3-8120 is a desktop one.


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