AMD Ryzen 3 4200G vs Intel Core i3-7100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i3
• Generation
  3 7
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 4000G Intel Core i 7000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i3-6100
• Successor
  -- Intel Core i3-8100

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.80 GHz 3.90 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.10 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  AMD Radeon 6 Graphics (Renoir) Intel HD Graphics 630
• GPU frequency
  1.70 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  6 24
• Shader
  384 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q2/2016

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-7100 and AMD Ryzen 3 4200G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 3 4200G and Intel Core i3-7100 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 51 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 3 4200G and AMD Ryzen 3 4200G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Renoir (Zen 2) Kaby Lake S
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  FP6 LGA 1151
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q1/2017