AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 1000 AMD Ryzen 4000G
• Family
  Ryzen Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Generation
  1 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 1000 Series Ryzen 4000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.1 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  4 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.4 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.1 GHz -
• Core Configuration
  - 6x Zen 2

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None None

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Ryzen 3 1200. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  2667 3200
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 51.2 GB/s

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 3 1200 and AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  65 W 65 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP down
  - 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 3 1200 and AMD Ryzen 5 4500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Summit Ridge (Zen) Renoir (Zen 2)
• Codename
  Summit Ridge Renoir
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB 0.375 MB
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 8 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  YD1200BBAEBOX 100-100000644BOX
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  YD1200BBAEMPK -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YD1200BBM4KAE 100-000000644
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  2017-07-27 2022-04-04
• Socket
  AM4 AM4
• Technology
  14nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  AMD Wraith Stealth AMD Wraith Stealth
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM