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General information Ryzen 9 3900X Core i5-12600
Launched Q3 2019 Q1 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 LGA1700
Series Name AMD Ryzen 9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Matisse Alder Lake
Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 13.2 %
Turbo Clock 4.6 GHz 4.2 % 4.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 0 % 65 W 38.1 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 7 nm 30 % 10 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 64 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 512 kB
6 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 4 × 16 MB
1 × 18 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 9 3900X Core i5-12600
Overall Score 67786 0 % 60908 10.1 %
Future Proof 72 % 16.3 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 21113 0 % 13762 34.8 %
Single Thread Score 2717.8 29.4 % 3849.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 28419.9 MB/s 0 % 12815 MB/s 54.9 %
Compressing Data 435.8 MB/s 0 % 247.4 MB/s 43.2 %
String objects sorting 48273.7 thousand/s 0 % 24907.2 thousand/s 48.4 %
Prime numbers generation 215.4 millions/s 0 % 84.2 millions/s 60.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 100421 millions/s 0 % 65805 millions/s 34.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 58268.2 millions/s 0 % 51646.9 millions/s 11.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 3900X, Core i5-12600.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 3900X Core i5-12600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.1 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 249.7 FPS 217.0 FPS
Medium settings 312.2 FPS 271.3 FPS
Low settings 390.2 FPS 339.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.1 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen 9 3900X Core i5-12600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 169.9 FPS 157.8 FPS
High settings 271.9 FPS 252.5 FPS
Medium settings 339.8 FPS 315.6 FPS
Low settings 424.8 FPS 394.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.1 %
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