i7-2600 vs ryzen 3 1200

[PCnoobmuch]

i7-2600 vs ryzen 3 1200 + 1050 ti

What cpu is better? If the i7 is better what does it compare to with more modern hardware?

 

[cryoburner]

It's not really much of an upgrade, if at all. An i7-2600 is still a reasonably decent CPU, and while a Ryzen 3 1200 might offer slightly faster performance per core, it lacks the SMT/Hyperthreading that will help the i7 in applications that make use of more than four threads. If you already own the i7-2600 and are looking for an upgrade, you'd probably want to move up to at least a Ryzen 1600 or an i5-8400, both offering 6 physical cores. The i5-8400 has slightly faster per-core performance than the Ryzen 1600, but the 1600 has SMT, which can help it handle applications with more than 6 threads better. The Ryzen 2600 and 2600X will also be launching later this week, though all these processors will of course cost more than a 1200. Plus, all current-generation processors require DDR4 RAM and new motherboards, so if you are upgrading an existing system, you will need to keep that in mind. What kind of system do you currently have, and what do you want to use the new hardware for? If your existing hardware is still reasonably good, it's possible that you might just need a video card upgrade or something.

As for what modern hardware an i7-2600 compares to, a Ryzen 1400 should be slightly faster, while also having SMT and the same number of cores, so it's probably the most comparable CPU as far as current hardware though. The 1400's performance is probably somewhere between a 2600 and a 2600K.

 

[nobspls]

The i7-2600 is more than match for a R3-1200. You want to go to R5-1600 at the very least to see noticeable upgrade performance.