RYZEN 3 1300X
http://www.amd.com £125
This CPU U has got one of the more price-conscientious processor parts. Don’t be fooled
by the naming scheme, this is a fully-fledged four-core, four-thread part, more akin to a Core
i5 than anything else, but at half the price.We’re seeing a war occur between the two major
processing powerhouses. With AMD and Intel
gearing up to pit ever-more powerful models of their
ranges head-to-head, it’s looking like a exciting time
to be a CPU enthusiast.
It’s the low end that interests us, though, and the
1300X hits the nail right on the head. It’s a four-core
processor, with 8MB of cache, and 3.7 GHz turbo.
It doesn’t have the multithreading of the 5
series, but it comes with a decent cooler and
uses 65W of power.In CineBench R15 the 1300X managed 562, with
154 points for single-core performance, putting it in
line with a Core i5-4670K. In-game, the 1300X
performed well, scoring 70 fps in Far Cry Primal.
Ultimately, the Ryzen 3 1300X, is a sound
quad-core part. We would’ve liked to have seen
higher clock speeds for better single-core
performance, but aside from that, it’s a solid chip.
BASE/TURBO CLOCK: 3.5 GHZ / 3.7 GHZ / CORES/THREADS: 4/4 /
LITHOGRAPHY: 14NM / CACHE: 8MB /
MEMORY SUPPORT: 64GB DDR4 @ 2666 MHZ / MAX PCIE LANES: 16CPU94 %
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OVERCLOCKING
HEADROOM
Like most Ryzens, you
can clock this up to
around 4 GHz across all
the cores, adding an extra
160 points in Cinebench.1
X370 CHIPSET
Combine the 1300X
with a solid X370 board,
such as the Asus Prime
X370-A, and you’d be well
on the way to a
well-equipped machine.2
SINGLE-CORE
PERFORMANCE
Unfortunately, this is still
a little bit lax – at least,
until AMD refines that
core architecture.3
INTEGRATED
GRAPHICS?
We’re still missing this,
and it could be a while
until we see Vega GPUs
baked into these as well.Hardware
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