Ryzen 3 2200g vs Ryzen 3 1200 (CPU only comparison)

[naweed.uddin3]

I want to build a budget PC and I'm contemplating buying the ryzen 3 1200 or 2200g but I'll pair either one with a discreet graphics card.. Ryzen 1200=$130 (aid) and the Ryzen 2200g=$139.

 

[mitch074]

I want to build a budget PC and I'm contemplating buying the ryzen 3 1200 or 2200g but I'll pair either one with a discreet graphics card.. Ryzen 1200=$130 (aid) and the Ryzen 2200g=$139.

2200G. It is indeed faster than the 1200, and it's always nice to have a backup GPU in case things go wrong with discrete.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

The 2200g pretty much made the 1200 pointless. The only issue that the 2200g is it only has 8x PCIe 3.0 lanes. But that is not an issue as 8 lanes of 3.0 is plenty of bandwidth for today's GPUs.

Not sure where you live, but you may be able to find a deal on a R5 1600 for around the same price. It would take it over the 2200g or 1200. Since you are running a discreet GPU, you don't need the integrated graphics of the 2200g.

Lastly, I would recommend going with the i3 8100 over the 2200g or 1200. It is a true quad core CPU and will have better gaming performance than either of the AMD chips. I think you can get it in the US for around $120.

 

[mitch074]

The 2200g pretty much made the 1200 pointless. The only issue that the 2200g is it only has 8x PCIe 3.0 lanes. But that is not an issue as 8 lanes of 3.0 is plenty of bandwidth for today's GPUs.

Not sure where you live, but you may be able to find a deal on a R5 1600 for around the same price. It would take it over the 2200g or 1200. Since you are running a discreet GPU, you don't need the integrated graphics of the 2200g.

Lastly, I would recommend going with the i3 8100 over the 2200g or 1200. It is a true quad core CPU and will have better gaming performance than either of the AMD chips. I think you can get it in the US for around $120.

The i3 needs a pricey motherboard, and its stock cooler is crap. Still, your R5 1600 idea has a lot of merit - sweet little CPU if I ever saw one, especially these days. I almost got one before the 2700X came out and I could afford getting one.

 

[naweed.uddin3]

The 2200g pretty much made the 1200 pointless. The only issue that the 2200g is it only has 8x PCIe 3.0 lanes. But that is not an issue as 8 lanes of 3.0 is plenty of bandwidth for today's GPUs.

Not sure where you live, but you may be able to find a deal on a R5 1600 for around the same price. It would take it over the 2200g or 1200. Since you are running a discreet GPU, you don't need the integrated graphics of the 2200g.

Lastly, I would recommend going with the i3 8100 over the 2200g or 1200. It is a true quad core CPU and will have better gaming performance than either of the AMD chips. I think you can get it in the US for around $120.

How will the pcie 3.0x8 vs x16 impact performance and what is it?

 

[Supernova1138]

The 2200g pretty much made the 1200 pointless. The only issue that the 2200g is it only has 8x PCIe 3.0 lanes. But that is not an issue as 8 lanes of 3.0 is plenty of bandwidth for today's GPUs.

Not sure where you live, but you may be able to find a deal on a R5 1600 for around the same price. It would take it over the 2200g or 1200. Since you are running a discreet GPU, you don't need the integrated graphics of the 2200g.

Lastly, I would recommend going with the i3 8100 over the 2200g or 1200. It is a true quad core CPU and will have better gaming performance than either of the AMD chips. I think you can get it in the US for around $120.

How will the pcie 3.0x8 vs x16 impact performance and what is it?

PCI-E is the interface that allows the graphics card and other devices to communicate with the CPU. The 2200G only has 8 lanes of PCI-E 3.0 while the R3 1200 has 16 lanes of PCI-E 3.0. Now in practice, this isn't a huge problem as only the very highest end GPUs are likely to see any performance difference in the reduced 8 lane configuration, and on such GPUs, you're likely to be CPU bottlenecked first if you paired something like a GTX 1080Ti with a 2200G or 2400G. The Ryzen APUs also can't support SLI due to the PCI-E lane reduction, but that's once again a moot point as you would not try to run a high end SLI setup with a budget CPU.

 

[mitch074]

TL;DR
It's the connector speed for your graphics card. All but the very fastest ones don't care whether it's x8 or x16.

PCI-E is the interface that allows the graphics card and other devices to communicate with the CPU. The 2200G only has 8 lanes of PCI-E 3.0 while the R3 1200 has 16 lanes of PCI-E 3.0. Now in practice, this isn't a huge problem as only the very highest end GPUs are likely to see any performance difference in the reduced 8 lane configuration, and on such GPUs, you're likely to be CPU bottlenecked first if you paired something like a GTX 1080Ti with a 2200G or 2400G. The Ryzen APUs also can't support SLI due to the PCI-E lane reduction, but that's once again a moot point as you would not try to run a high end SLI setup with a budget CPU.