AMD Athlon X4 880K vs AMD Ryzen 3 1200

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 880K and AMD Ryzen 3 1200 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Peripherals, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 880K

  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 1200

  • Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 72.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1930 vs 1633
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6279 vs 3659
  • Around 46% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 802 vs 550
  • Around 50% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2576 vs 1718
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 72.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1930 vs 1633
PassMark - CPU mark 6279 vs 3659
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 802 vs 550
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2576 vs 1718

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 880K
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 1200

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1633
1930
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3659
6279
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
550
802
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1718
2576
Name AMD Athlon X4 880K AMD Ryzen 3 1200
PassMark - Single thread mark 1633 1930
PassMark - CPU mark 3659 6279
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 550 802
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1718 2576
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2730
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.454
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.131

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 880K AMD Ryzen 3 1200

Essentials

Family AMD Athlon Processors AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN PIB AD880KXBJCSBX YD1200BBAEBOX
Place in performance rating 2074 2076
Series AMD Athlon X4 AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Zen
Launch date 27 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $110
OPN Tray YD1200BBM4KAE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now $102.98
Value for money (0-100) 19.32

Performance

Base frequency 4 GHz 3.1 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 72.40°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
L3 cache 8 MB
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 4800 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR4

Compatibility

Sockets supported FM2+ AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution Near Silent 125W Wraith Stealth
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD SenseMI
AMD VR Ready Processors
Enmotus FuzeDrive
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
The "Zen" Core Architecture

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)