Ryzen 3 2200G vs Ryzen 5 1400

Gaming speed, cores and clocks

The Ryzen 3 2200G and the Ryzen 5 1400 are within a few percent of each other for gaming. In a game, you will not see the difference.

The Ryzen 3 2200G has 4 cores and 4 threads, and the Ryzen 5 1400 has 4 cores and 8 threads. Core counts are the same, so cache size and clock speed decide the difference. Boost clocks are 3.7 GHz and 3.4 GHz.

Platform, power and price

Both chips use the AM4 socket, so they fit the same motherboards. You can swap one for the other without changing the board.

Rated power is 65 W for the first and 65 W for the second. That is close enough that cooling needs will be similar.

At launch the Ryzen 3 2200G cost $99 and the Ryzen 5 1400 $169, which gives 22.2 and 13.0 points of gaming performance per $100. Today's prices will differ.

Which graphics cards each one can feed, and which to buy

At 1080p the Ryzen 3 2200G can feed a card up to the Arc A580 before it holds the card back by more than 10 percent. The Ryzen 5 1400 reaches the Arc A580. Both chips are in the same range for graphics card pairing.

Choose the Ryzen 3 2200G if you want the faster gaming chip and the same or more cores. Choose the Ryzen 5 1400 if you would rather spend the difference on a graphics card, which does more for frame rates in most games.