Preliminary Thoughts, Pricing

Power Consumption

Power consumption is virtually where yous would expect it to be and the Ryzen 3 1300X should consume around the same amount of power as the Core i5-7500. Keep in mind we are testing in a loftier-end X370 organisation with a liquid cooling pump and all the other more farthermost gear you can expect in a loftier-end rig. In a lower specced system you will run across better numbers, so keep that in mind.

Taking a final look at power consumption nosotros take the figures from Cinebench R15's multi-threaded test and hither the Ryzen 3 CPUs await a petty more than hungry than the Core i5-7500, though the numbers are hardly extreme and this is just a simulated benchmark.

Preliminary Thoughts

Now we accept a skilful idea of how Ryzen three is going to perform. Overall things went as expected, which is both a practiced and bad thing for AMD'south affordable quad-cores, but let's focus on competing Intel chips for the moment.

In terms of value, Ryzen 3 looks to have the locked Core i5 CPUs beaten, especially if you take overclocking into account. It'south safe to presume that it will be possible to boost the performance of these Ryzen 3 CPUs by 10 to 15%, making the R3 1300X or 1200 an obvious option over the dual-core Core i3-7350K, a CPU no one should buy at $150 anyhow.

This sort of highlights the claiming Ryzen 3 faces: while superior than Intel in terms of value, information technology'southward beating an already browbeaten lineup.

If I wanted to build an affordable new calculator, the Pentium G4560 still puts forward a strong case. At $87, it enables playable performance in all titles using an entry-level or mid-range graphics carte and it's super efficient. Beyond that, the Ryzen 5 1400 and 1500X wait like the obvious choice, yet if you are really serious about your PC, we say but salve upward a little more than cash for the six-core R5 1600 and call information technology a day.

If you are aiming for the cheapest possible gaming build with a basic B350 board, 8GB of DDR4 retention, a GeForce GTX 1050, a 500GB Seagate FireCuda along with a inexpensive example and PSU, you'd save 18% on the entire build cost by opting for the R3 1200 over the R5 1600 and yous'd be getting half equally much L3 cache, 2 less cores and eight less threads.

For those wondering, the aforementioned organization would be just 10% cheaper with the R3 1200 versus the SMT-enabled R5 1400, so spending more seems worth it here. Overall, the Ryzen 3 1200 should evangelize relatively strong results at $110 for those who are hellbent on spending as niggling as possible.

Come next week and our official launch coverage of Ryzen iii we'll explore more than scenarios, including overclocking, peculiarly with the stock cooler, which volition tell the states if the 1200 is indeed worth buying over Intel's G4560.

Speaking of the G4560, a rumor has been circulating for a few weeks now that Intel is discontinuing that CPU or at least making it difficult to buy (the rumor has been denied past Intel). Right at present y'all tin withal become information technology for the recommend retail price in Australia, but US availability has been poor or at least need has been high enough to make them deficient.

Wrapping things up, AMD's Ryzen 5 lineup is then strong in terms of value that information technology'due south going to be hard for Ryzen 3 to compete. If the R3 1200 can garner a reputation for existence a neat overlocker with its stock cooler, which is presumably going to be the budget-oriented Wraith Stealth, then that would make the chip enticing. Whatever the instance, Intel's mid-range lineup is already dead.

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Considering we don't actually accept a Ryzen three fleck on hand yet, it goes without saying this is simply an estimate of performance and pricing. We'll follow upwardly next week with official results though we are pretty confident well-nigh these preliminary results and for whatever it's worth our Ryzen v simulation was spot on.