AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE vs Intel Core i7-8700

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE and Intel Core i7-8700 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1.5 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-8700

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 4.60 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95° C
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2640 vs 2540
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12832 vs 10930
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.60 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95° C
L1 cache 384 KB vs 256 KB
L3 cache 12288 KB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2640 vs 2540
PassMark - CPU mark 12832 vs 10930

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-8700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2540
2640
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
10930
12832
Name AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE Intel Core i7-8700
PassMark - Single thread mark 2540 2640
PassMark - CPU mark 10930 12832
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1173
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5903
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4810
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 84.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 11.951
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2171
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4740
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7902
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2171
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4740
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7902

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE Intel Core i7-8700

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Coffee Lake
Launch date Q3'2020 5 January 2017
Place in performance rating 902 896
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $312
Price now $439.98
Processor Number i7-8700
Series 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 10.15

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.5 GHz 3.20 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1.5 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 12288 KB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95° C 100°C
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 4.60 GHz
Number of cores 4 6
Number of threads 8 12
Transistor count 9800 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1700 MHz 350 MHz
Number of pipelines 384
Processor graphics Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000) Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Device ID 0x3E92
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C (65W)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot