AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i9 9940X

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AMD Ryzen 3 1200

Intel Core i9 9940X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 with 4 cores 3.1GHz and Intel Core i9 9940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9940X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 3 months late

Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

833

Intel Core i9 9940X +47%

1228

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

3010

Intel Core i9 9940X +410%

15351

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

1216

Intel Core i9 9940X +9%

1328

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

3709

Intel Core i9 9940X +163%

9787

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

928

Intel Core i9 9940X +28%

1189

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

3042

Intel Core i9 9940X +372%

14374

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

1924

Intel Core i9 9940X +35%

2608

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

6284

Intel Core i9 9940X +351%

28355

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

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Intel Core i9 9940X

General Parameters

Jul 2017

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9940X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

88 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

14

4

Performance Core Threads

28

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

14

4

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

31x

Multiplier

33x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9940X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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