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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 3 1200 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 1197 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 3 1200.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Performs up to 19% better in Valorant than Ryzen 3 1200 - 872 vs 732 FPS
- Up to 7% cheaper than Ryzen 3 1200 - $369.0 vs $395.0
- Up to 22% better value when playing Valorant than Ryzen 3 1200 - $0.42 vs $0.54 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 3 1200 - 32 vs 4 threads
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
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Ryzen 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
872
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.42/FPS
100%
Price, $
$369
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 3 1200
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2017
Ryzen 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 27th, 2017 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Ryzen 3 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 16 |
| 4 | Threads | 32 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 3.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 3 1200 or Ryzen 9 5950X
Valorant, 1920 x 1080, High
872 FPS
$4.13/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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32 GB, N/A Storage
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$2.28/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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834 FPS
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Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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785 FPS
$2.74/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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721 FPS
$2.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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625 FPS
$2.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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734 FPS
$2.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Ryzen 9 5950X
12 GB, N/A Storage
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$2.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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751 FPS
$7.59/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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