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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 3 1200 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 710 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 3 1200.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Performs up to 2% better in Stray than Ryzen 3 1200 - 185 vs 181 FPS
- Up to 46% cheaper than Ryzen 3 1200 - £94.99 vs £175.0
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 3 1200 - 12 vs 4 threads
Stray
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler - YD1200BBAEBOX, Black
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 3 1200
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2017
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 3 1200
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2017
Single-Core
984
61.615529117094546%
Multi-Core
2834
41.16792562463684%
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 27th, 2017 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 3 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 3 1200 or Ryzen 5 3600
Stray, 1920 x 1080, High
74 FPS
£25.96/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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120 FPS
£12.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,535
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85 FPS
£25.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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