Athlon 3000G Vs Ryzen 3200G?

[Gimpymoo]

This is for a basic HTPC build.

The most the unit will be doing is Plex streams (client, not encoding) Youtube, iPlayer etc.

Is the 3200G worth DOUBLE the price of the 3000G for this build? £40 Vs £80.

2c4t Vs 4c4t

Thanks.

 

[Gimpymoo]

I have no idea about Plex streams but in gaming the 3200G is literally twice the cpu and then some. Actual cores are better than ht.

That is the thing, for the use, it is worth spending twice the money for twice the performance if your not using the performance?

OR, is it likely Youtube and the likes will need more power in the near future with higher resolution streams to decode etc?

 

[Gimpymoo]

One good thing about the 3000G is you can stick a Alpine Passive cooler on it.

EXACTLY. I have a firewall appliance with one of those heatsinks and a low power cpu, is wonderful.

 

[Gimpymoo]

I went with the 3200G in the end.

Was not an easy choice as I would have preferred to have a passive heatsink but with more strenuous decoding becoming the norm, made sense to go with the 3200G as it has more "omph".

The fact the 3000G is only 35w made it a difficult choice but I had to make a decision one way or the other.