Pentium III 1200 vs Ryzen 5 5500GT
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium III 1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 598 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 65.55 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | 18.52 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Cezanne (2021−2024) | Tualatin (2000−2002) |
| Release date | 8 January 2024 (less than a year ago) | July 2001 (23 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $125 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium III 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 cores | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 4.4 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 8 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 256 KB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 130 nm |
| Die size | 180 mm2 | 80 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 95 °C | 69 °C |
| Number of transistors | 10,700 million | 44 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium III 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 configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | AM4 | 370 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 30 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium III 1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium III 1200 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium III 1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 7 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium III 1200.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 6 | 1 |
| Threads | 12 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 30 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5500GT has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium III 1200, on the other hand, has 116.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 5500GT and Pentium III 1200. We've got no test results to judge.
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