AMD Ryzen 5 3450U vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE

Processor comparisons 17-03-2021

   Let's say there are difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests AMD Ryzen 5 3450U vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE and decide which is better for games or normal use for machine learning, rendering, programming, video editing, streaming. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or various benchmarks. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like Gears 5, AIDA64, 7zip, 3DMark, PassMark, VeraCrypt, Prime95, DaVinci Resolve Studio, MATLAB, SuperPi, Dolphin Emulator, Handbrake, Blender, RealBench, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PCMark 10, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Blender, WPrime, UserBenchmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Furmark.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

Valheim
Fortnite
Watch Dogs Legion
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Cyberpunk 2077
Death Stranding
Overwatch
Rainbow Six Siege
Valorant
Halo Infinite
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Borderlands 3
Grand Theft Auto V
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Fallout 76
Last Man Standing
Red Dead Redemption 2
DOOM: Eternal
Apex Legends

After reading the results of parallel benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE or AMD Ryzen 5 3450U.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 5 3450U

52%

Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE

53%

This parameter shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE is 1% better than Ryzen 5 3450U. The data source is several popular tests. More detailed information of the benchmarks is below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 5 3450U

51%

Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE

53%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a little game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Ghostrunner, Control, Forza Horizon 4, Hitman 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Battlefield V, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, NBA 2K20, League of Legends (LOL), Half-Life: Alyx, Monster Hunter World, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, DOTA 2A, Metro Exodus, Horizon Zero Dawn.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.9	93.3
Valorant	103.3	106.0
Cyberpunk 2077	57.9	59.4
Apex Legends	97.1	99.7
Call of Duty Warzone	77.5	79.5
Overwatch	83.7	85.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.3	73.2
DOOM Eternal	51.7	53.0
Warzone	80.6	82.7
Assassin's Creed	86.8	89.1
Valheim	85.7	88.0

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparing not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 5 3450U

176%

Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE

112%

To make a finishing choice on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 5 3450U is more energy efficient than the Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 35W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

For example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video rendering or video editing, machine learning, programming, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the processor uses all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE
Cinbench 15 Single-core	128	168
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	675	955
Cinbench 20 Single-core	328	409
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1511	2203
Cinbench 23 Single-core	860	1035
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	4042	5081

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE
Single-Core	2008	2519
Multi-Core	7359	11039

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE
Single-Core	796	1186
Multi-Core	2857	5215

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE
Announcement date	October 01, 2020	October 21, 2020
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FP5	AM4
Core name	Matisse	Renoir
Architecture	Zen 2	Zen 2
Generation	2	2
Turbo Frequency	3.5 MHz	3.5 MHz
Frequency	2.1 MHz	1.7 MHz
Cores	4	4
Threads	8	8
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	4200 millions	4000 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	35 W
Memory type		DDR4
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	2400	3200
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	384KB	256KB
L2 cache	2MB	2MB
L3 cache	4MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM3450C4T4MFG	100-000000148 100-100000148MPK

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 5 3450U is 19% better than Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 3450U is better: 4
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE is better: 24
However, it should be understood that all the data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Ryzen 5 3450U and AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD Ryzen 5 3450U specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE specs and review.