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General information Ryzen 9 3900X Core i5-12500
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 GHz 21.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.6 GHz 0 % 4.6 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 i5-12500
Overall Score 67786 0 % 59894 11.6 %
Future Proof 72 % 16.3 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 21113 0 % 12869 39 %
Single Thread Score 2712.4 26.4 % 3684.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 28620.6 MB/s 0 % 12098.2 MB/s 57.7 %
Compressing Data 434.5 MB/s 0 % 232.7 MB/s 46.4 %
String objects sorting 48278.7 thousand/s 0 % 23195.3 thousand/s 52 %
Prime numbers generation 214.4 millions/s 0 % 75.5 millions/s 64.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 100922 millions/s 0 % 61645.5 millions/s 38.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 58033.9 millions/s 0 % 47578.4 millions/s 18 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 3900X, Core i5-12500.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 3900X Core i5-12500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.1 FPS 132.6 FPS
High settings 249.7 FPS 212.2 FPS
Medium settings 312.2 FPS 265.2 FPS
Low settings 390.2 FPS 331.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 15 %

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 i5-12500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 170.0 FPS 156.1 FPS
High settings 272.0 FPS 249.8 FPS
Medium settings 340.0 FPS 312.2 FPS
Low settings 425.0 FPS 390.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.2 %
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