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Core i3-8121U vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Core i3-8121U vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Core i3-8121U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 915 days newer than Core i3-8121U.

Advantages of Core i3-8121U

  • Consumes up to 86% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 15 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 211% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i3-8121U - 56 vs 18 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-8121U - 24 vs 4 threads
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Cities: Skylines II

Cities: Skylines II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Core i3-8121U Logo
Core i3-8121U

Mobile • May 5th, 2018


FPS

18

32%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

56

100%

Value, €/FPS

€4.33/FPS

100%

Price, €

€242.21

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Processore AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (12C/24T, 70 MB di cache, fino a 4,8 GHz Max Boost)

Buy for 242.21 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 174 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Core i3-8121U Logo
Core i3-8121U

Mobile • May 5th, 2018

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i3-8121U Logo
Core i3-8121U

Mobile • May 5th, 2018


Single-Core

1133

52%

Multi-Core

2344

20%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

Intel Core i3-8121U Logo

Core i3-8121U

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

May 5th, 2018Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Core i3CollectionRyzen 9
Cannon LakeCodenameVermeer
Intel BGA 1440SocketAMD Socket AM4
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
12
4Threads
24
2.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
3.2 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
15 W
TDP105 W
10 nmProcess Size
7 nm
22.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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