AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm] vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 2000 AMD Ryzen 1000
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Ryzen
• Generation
  2 1
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 1000 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 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  4 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.1 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 3.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 3.4 GHz

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
  no iGPU None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -

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 1600 and AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm]. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  64 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  20 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0 x16
• System Memory Specification
  - 2667

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm] and AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 3 1200 [12nm] and AMD Ryzen 5 1600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+) Summit Ridge (Zen)
• 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
• L2-Cache
  - 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 16 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2020 2017-04-11
• Socket
  AM4 AM4
• Technology
  12 nm 14nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Pinnacle Ridge
• L1-Cache
  - 0.5625 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - YD1600BBAEBOX
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  - YD1600BBAEMPK
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - YD1600BBM6IAE
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit