AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and 1200: True quad-core CPUs for just $130 and $110
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Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200, AMD's budget-focused quad-core CPUs, launch today for $130 and $110 respectively. UK pricing is yet to be confirmed, but don't expect much change from 120 and 100 respectively.
Like the rest of the Ryzen line-up, Ryzen 3 offers more cores compared to a similarly priced Intel chip. The Ryzen 3 1200-which features four cores, four threads, a base clock of 3.1GHz and a boost clock of 3.4GHz-is priced below Intel's Core i3-7100, a dual-core chip with hyperthreading. The Ryzen 3 1300X-which is also a 4C/4T chip with a base clock of 3.5GHz and a boost clock of 3.7GHz-is cheaper than the 2C/4T Intel Core i3-7300. Both sport a TDP of 65W.
While the Intel chips offer higher out-of-the-box clock speeds along with better IPC performance, Ryzen 3 should perform better in multithreaded tasks. AMD's own Cinebench results put Ryzen 3 ahead of Core i3 by as much as 29 percent. AMD claims Ryzen 3 will match Core i3 in 1080p gaming performance too, thanks to its two extra physical cores.
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