AMD A4-1200 vs AMD Ryzen 3 5300U

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A4-1200		AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
CPU comparison AMD A4-1200 or AMD Ryzen 3 5300U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD A4-1200 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A4-1200 was released in Q2/2013. The AMD Ryzen 3 5300U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 5300U was released in Q1/2021.

AMD A (112)	Family	AMD Ryzen 3 (33)
AMD A4-1000 (3)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 5000U (Lucienne) (3)
7	Generation	4
Temash (Jaguar)	Architecture	Lucienne (Zen 2)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen 3 5425U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A4-1200 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.00 GHz. The AMD Ryzen 3 5300U has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.80 GHz).
AMD A4-1200	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
2	Cores	4
2	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
1.00 GHz	Frequency	2.60 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.80 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A4-1200	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon HD 8180	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir)
0.23 GHz	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.50 GHz
5	GPU Generation	9
28 nm	Technology	7 nm
2	Max. displays	3
2	Compute units	6
128	Shader	384
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
11.1	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon HD 8180	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD A4-1200 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 5300U can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD A4-1200	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
DDR3L-1066	Memory	LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
17.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	2.00 MB
1.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A4-1200 has a TDP of 3.9 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 3 5300U is 15 W.
AMD A4-1200	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
3.9 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	25 W
--	TDP down	10 W
--	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The AMD A4-1200 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 3 5300U cache has a total of 6.00 MB.
AMD A4-1200	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
28 nm	Technology	7 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FT3	Socket	FP6
AMD-V	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2013	Release date	Q1/2021
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks

AMD A4-1200 (0%)

AMD Ryzen 3 5300U (0%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A4-1200 (7%)

AMD Ryzen 3 5300U (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A4-1200 AMD Radeon HD 8180 @ 0.23 GHz	58 (5%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz	1152 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A4-1200 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	652 (7%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	9923 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A4-1200 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1119 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A4-1200 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	5379 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A4-1200 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1154 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A4-1200 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	3232 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD A4-1200 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1457 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD A4-1200 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	3372 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A4-1200 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	439 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A4-1200 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	2059 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD A4-1200 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	24 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A4-1200 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	1934 (100%)

Devices using this processor
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