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£100.97
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Prices and StockMSRP $122
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MSRP $122
Prices and StockMSRP $199
Prices and Stock
MSRP $199
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 3600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100 is 912 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 3600.
Advantages of Core i3-12100
- Performs up to 5% better in HITMAN 3 than Ryzen 5 3600 - 213 vs 203 FPS
- Up to 0% cheaper than Ryzen 5 3600 - £100.97 vs £101.40
- Up to 6% better value when playing HITMAN 3 than Ryzen 5 3600 - £0.47 vs £0.50 per FPS
- Consumes up to 8% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 60 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100 - 12 vs 8 threads
HITMAN 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-12100
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
213
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.47/FPS
100%
Price, £
£100.97
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i3-12100 Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-12100
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i3-12100 | vs | Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
60 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
UHD Graphics 730 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i3-12100 or Ryzen 5 3600
With selected game settings
75 FPS
£21.33/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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127 FPS
£12.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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86 FPS
£23.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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