AMD Ryzen 3 Processors: 1200 vs. 1300X vs. 2300X vs. 3100 vs. 3300X

AMD recently added two new products to the Ryzen 3 desktop central processing unit series with the 3100 and 3300X. So, how does the new CPUs compare against the older releases, the 1200, 1300X and 2300X?

You can find out in this comparison guide.

Quick Summary

The AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X CPUs come with faster speeds for both the base clock and boosted clock, which will result in better frame rates.

The two products also come with much bigger total cache that will end up keeping the frame rate smoother as well.

Last but not least, both are equipped with twice as many threads, making the two CPUs more ideal multitask processes when compared to the competition.

Overall, both the 3100 and especially the 3300X CPUs are big improvements over the 1200, 1300X and 2300X CPUs.

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1200 vs. 1300X vs. 2300X vs. 3100 vs. 3300X Comparison Chart

	AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Processor	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Processor	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X Processor	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Processor	AMD Ryzen 3 3300X Processor
Microarchitecture	Zen	Zen	Zen+	Zen 2	Zen 2
CMOS	14 nm	14 nm	12 nm	TSMC 7nm FinFET	TSMC 7nm FinFET
Package	AM4	AM4	AM4	AM4	AM4
CPU Cores	4	4	4	4	4
Threads	4	4	4	8	8
Base Clock	3.1 GHz	3.5 GHz	3.5 GHz	3.6 GHz	3.8 GHz
Max Boost Clock	Up to 3.4 GHz	Up to 3.7 GHz	Up to 4.0 GHz	Up to 3.9 GHz	Up to 4.3 GHz
Total L1 Cache	384 KB	384 KB	384 KB	256 KB	256 KB
Total L2 Cache	2 MB	2 MB	2 MB	2 MB	2 MB
Total L3 Cache	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	16 MB	16 MB
Unlocked?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PCI Express Version	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0
Thermal Solution (PIB)	Wraith Stealth	Wraith Stealth	Not Included	Wraith Stealth	Wraith Stealth
Thermal Solution (MPK)	Wraith Stealth	Wraith Stealth	Wraith Stealth	Not Included	Not Included
Default TDP/TDP	65 W	65 W	65 W	65 W	65 W
System Memory Specification	2667 MHz	2667 MHz	2933MHz	3200 MHz	3200 MHz
System Memory Type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
Memory Channels	Dual	Dual	Dual	N/A	N/A
Pricing	Check price on Amazon.	Check price on Amazon.	Check price on Amazon.	Check price on Amazon.	Check price on Amazon.

Specs

Both the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X were built with the Zen 2 microarchitecture. As a result, the base and maximum boosted clock speeds are faster than the predecessors. Not to mention that the amount of threads have been doubled to 8 while the cache saw a big bump to 18 MB. The new CPUs also use the faster PCIe 4.0.

As a result, the all of the aforementioned improvements, you should be able to get higher and more consistent frame rates. The added threads should also mean that the newer releases will be better at multitasking.

You can take a look at the specifications for each of the AMD Ryzen 3 CPU in this versus guide below:

Ryzen 3 1200:

Microarchitecture: Zen
Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor (CMOS): 14 nm
Package: AM4
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 4
Base Clock: 3.1 GHz
Maximum Boost Clock: Up to 3.4 GHz
Total L1 Cache: 384 KB
Total L2 Cache: 2 MB
Total L3 Cache: 8 MB
Unlocked: Yes
PCI Express Version: PCIe 3.0 x16
Thermal Solution (PIB): Wraith Stealth
Thermal Solution (MPK): Wraith Stealth
Default TDP/TDP: 65 W

Ryzen 3 1300X:

Microarchitecture: Zen
Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor (CMOS): 14 nm
Package: AM4
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 4
Base Clock: 3.5 GHz
Maximum Boost Clock: Up to 3.7 GHz
Total L1 Cache: 384 KB
Total L2 Cache: 2 MB
Total L3 Cache: 8 MB
Unlocked: Yes
PCI Express Version: PCIe 3.0 x16
Thermal Solution (PIB): Wraith Stealth
Thermal Solution (MPK): Wraith Stealth
Default TDP/TDP: 65 W

Ryzen 3 2300X:

Microarchitecture: Zen+
Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor (CMOS): 12 nm
Package: AM4
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 4
Base Clock: 3.5 GHz
Maximum Boost Clock: Up to 4.0 GHz
Total L1 Cache: 384 KB
Total L2 Cache: 2 MB
Total L3 Cache: 8 MB
Unlocked: Yes
PCI Express Version: PCIe 3.0
Thermal Solution (PIB): Not Included
Thermal Solution (MPK): Wraith Stealth
Default TDP/TDP: 65 W

Ryzen 3 3100:

Microarchitecture: Zen 2
Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor (CMOS): TSMC 7nm FinFET
Package: AM4
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 8
Base Clock: 3.6 GHz
Maximum Boost Clock: Up to 3.9 GHz
Total L1 Cache: 256 KB
Total L2 Cache: 2 MB
Total L3 Cache: 16 MB
Unlocked: Yes
PCI Express Version: PCIe 4.0
Thermal Solution (PIB): Wraith Stealth
Thermal Solution (MPK): Not Included
Default TDP/TDP: 65 W

Ryzen 3 3300X:

Microarchitecture: Zen 2
Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor (CMOS): TSMC 7nm FinFET
Package: AM4
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 8
Base Clock: 3.8 GHz
Maximum Boost Clock: Up to 4.3 GHz
Total L1 Cache: 256 KB
Total L2 Cache: 2 MB
Total L3 Cache: 16 MB
Unlocked: Yes
PCI Express Version: PCIe 4.0
Thermal Solution (PIB): Wraith Stealth
Thermal Solution (MPK): Not Included
Default TDP/TDP: 65 W

System Memory Support

The AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X Processors also support faster RAM when compared to the AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 1300X and 2300X Processors.

You can take a look at the supported system memory specs below:

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 and 1300X Processors:

System Memory Specification: 2667 MHz
System Memory Type: DDR4
Memory Channels: Dual

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X Processor:

System Memory Specification: 2933MHz
System Memory Type: DDR4
Memory Channels: Dual

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X Processors:

System Memory Specification: 3200 MHz
System Memory Type: DDR4

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