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Core i3-3120M vs Ryzen 5 3600

Core i3-3120M vs Ryzen 5 3600: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Prices and Stock

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Prices and Stock

MSRP $199

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Core i3-3120M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 2471 days newer than Core i3-3120M.

Advantages of Core i3-3120M

  • Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 35 vs 65 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600

  • Performs up to 8% better in Valheim than Core i3-3120M - 204 vs 189 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-3120M - 12 vs 4 threads
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Valheim

Valheim

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Intel Core i3-3120M Logo
Core i3-3120M

Mobile • Sep 30th, 2012


FPS

189

93%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

204

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.5/FPS

100%

Price, £

£102.17

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3

Buy for £102.17 on Amazon

In Stock

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Intel Core i3-3120M Logo
Core i3-3120M

Mobile • Sep 30th, 2012

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i3-3120M Logo
Core i3-3120M

Mobile • Sep 30th, 2012


Single-Core

387

24%

Multi-Core

824

12%

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1597

100%

Multi-Core

6884

100%

Intel Core i3-3120M Logo

Core i3-3120M

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo

Ryzen 5 3600

Sep 30th, 2012
Jul 7th, 2019
Core i3Ryzen 5
Ivy BridgeMatisse
Intel BGA 1023AMD Socket AM4
Mobile
Desktop
2
6
4
12
2.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Non-Turbo4.2 GHz
35 W
65 W
22 nm
7 nm
25.0x
36.0x
Intel HD 4000
None
No
Yes

PCs Using Core i3-3120M or Ryzen 5 3600

With selected game settings

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