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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900F outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 3600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-12900F is 912 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3600.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Up to 76% cheaper than Core i9-12900F - £99.99 vs £416.21
- Up to 75% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Core i9-12900F - £0.46 vs £1.81 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900F
- Performs up to 5% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Ryzen 5 3600 - 230 vs 219 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 24 vs 12 threads
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
219
95%
Value, £/FPS
£0.46/FPS
100%
Price, £
£99.99
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
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Core i9-12900F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
230
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.81/FPS
25%
Price, £
£416.21
24%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900F Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
Buy for £416.21 on Amazon
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Updated 9 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Core i9-12900F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | vs | Intel Core i9-12900F |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Matisse | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 16 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
7 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 3600 or Core i9-12900F
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, 1920 x 1080, Epic
74 FPS
£27.24/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£2,015.78
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111 FPS
£13.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,535
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82 FPS
£38.62/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£3,166.82
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