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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 3600 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 5 3600 is 710 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 3 1200.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Performs up to 17% better in Dirt 5 than Ryzen 3 1200 - 190 vs 162 FPS
- Up to 72% cheaper than Ryzen 3 1200 - $110.99 vs $395.0
- Up to 76% better value when playing Dirt 5 than Ryzen 3 1200 - $0.58 vs $2.44 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 3 1200 - 12 vs 4 threads
Dirt 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Ryzen 3 1200
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2017
FPS
162
85.26315789473684%
Value, $/FPS
$2.44/FPS
23.770491803278688%
Price, $
$395
28%
Acer Chromebook Plus 514 Laptop – 14" WUXGA 1920 x 1200 IPS Touch Display | AMD Ryzen 3 7320C | 8GB LPDDR5X | 128GB eMMC | Wi-Fi 6E | FHD Facial Auto Exposure Camera | Chrome OS | CB514-3HT-R8RB
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Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
190
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.58/FPS
100%
Price, $
$110.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Ryzen 3 1200
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2017
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 3 1200
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2017
Single-Core
984
61.615529117094546%
Multi-Core
2834
41.16792562463684%
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 27th, 2017 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 3 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 3 1200 or Ryzen 5 3600
Dirt 5, 1920 x 1080, Ultra High
51 FPS
$17.06/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$869.99
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85 FPS
$18.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,599.99
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67 FPS
$14.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$999.99
In Stock
50 FPS
$24/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,199.99
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67 FPS
$23.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,599.99
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67 FPS
$16.42/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,099.99
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18 FPS
$54.99/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 3600
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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$989.9
In Stock
46 FPS
$26.09/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Ryzen 5 3600
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,199.99
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51 FPS
$15.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 3600
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$799.99
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12 FPS
$79.08/FPS
GeForce GT 730
Ryzen 5 3600
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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$949
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