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Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 3 1200

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 3 1200: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 3 1200 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 3 1200 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 710 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 3 1200.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600

  • Performs up to 9% better in Far Cry 5 than Ryzen 3 1200 - 214 vs 197 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 3 1200 - 12 vs 4 threads

Advantages of Ryzen 3 1200

  • Up to 67% cheaper than Ryzen 5 3600 - €26.81 vs €82.15
  • Up to 63% better value when playing Far Cry 5 than Ryzen 5 3600 - €0.14 vs €0.38 per FPS
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Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

214

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.38/FPS

37%

Price, €

€82.15

32%

FPS Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 4, 2GHz AM4 35MB Cache Wraith Stealth

Buy for 82.15 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 257 minutes ago

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Logo
Ryzen 3 1200

Desktop • Jul 27th, 2017


FPS

197

92%

Value, €/FPS

€0.14/FPS

100%

Price, €

€26.81

100%

Value Winner

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Logo
Ryzen 3 1200

Desktop • Jul 27th, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1597

100%

Multi-Core

6884

100%

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Logo
Ryzen 3 1200

Desktop • Jul 27th, 2017


Single-Core

984

62%

Multi-Core

2834

41%

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo

Ryzen 5 3600

vs
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Logo

Ryzen 3 1200

Jul 7th, 2019
Jul 27th, 2017
Ryzen 5Ryzen 3
MatisseSummit Ridge
AMD Socket AM4AMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Desktop
6
4
12
4
3.6 GHz
3.1 GHz
4.2 GHz
3.4 GHz
65 W65 W
7 nm
14 nm
36.0x
31.0x
NoneNone
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PCs Using Ryzen 5 3600 or Ryzen 3 1200

With selected game settings

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