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Best Bench: 108% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 87% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 87% Great: 108%

SPEED RANK: 79^th / 1442

Gaming 99%

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Desktop 100%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 109%

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Best Bench: 68% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 37% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 37% Great: 68%

SPEED RANK: 639^th / 1442

Gaming 57%

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Desktop 63%

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Workstation 43%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		99 %	Much faster effective speed. +74%		57 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	81.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +25%	64.8 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	163 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +80%	90.4 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	320 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +80%	178 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	626 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +123%	281 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1157 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +283%	302 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	92.3 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +22%	75.5 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	179 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +61%	111 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	356 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +63%	219 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	694 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +92%	362 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1318 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +247%	380 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.55 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,275%	0.04 %
Value Value For Money	101 %	Much better value. +34%	75.5 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	72 %	More popular. +18%	61 %
Price Price (score)	$260		$100	Much cheaper. +62%


Age Newest	41 Months	Much more recent. +49%	81 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watts		65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +38%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	12 cores	Hugely higher core count. +200%	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	24 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +500%	4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	Faster base frequency. +19%	3.1 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.8 GHz	Much faster turbo frequency. +41%	3.4 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	2290 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +493%	386 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	2000 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +558%	304 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen3	Zen
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The Ryzen 9 5900X is second in AMD’s line-up of new Zen 3 CPUs. The 12-core hyper-threaded processor has base/boost clock speeds of 3.7/4.8 GHz, a 70 MB cache and a TDP of 105W. The 5900X took center stage in the 5000 series launch presentation where AMD gunned for Intel’s “best gaming CPU” crown. They showed the 5900X as being 26% better for gaming than the previous generation’s Ryzen 9 3900XT, attributing this to the new architecture’s faster single core speeds and lower latency. AMD also stated that the 5900X achieves, on average, 6.8% faster gaming performance than Intel’s 10-core i9-10900K. The details around AMD’s testing were not disclosed but it is safe to assume that 6.8% is the highest average lead that AMD are willing to stand by. Our benchmarks show that the 5900X’s slightly faster cores and the 10900K’s slightly lower memory latency balance out to yield similar performance. Whilst presenting their figures, AMD admitted that their 3000 series CPUs were far from “best for gaming” and conceded that the 10900K is approximately 19% faster than the 3900XT (our effective speed marks the gap at just 14%). Despite this clear performance deficiency, AMD supported 3000 series sales with an aggressive and successful marketing campaign to easily outsell Intel over the last 12 months. Given the real performance uplift observed in the 5000 series, and the absence of any meaningful marketing from Intel, we expect CPU sales to shift even further in AMD’s favour. Gamers that do not wish to pay “marketing fees” should investigate Intel’s $175 USD 11400F, the $660 USD savings would be far better spent on a higher tier GPU. ^{[Nov '20 CPUPro]}

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The Ryzen 3 1200 is the second of AMD's new entry level CPUs which feature the latest Zen core architecture, as already seen in the Ryzen 5 and 7 series. Like its sister, the Ryzen 3 1300X, the 1200 is a four core CPU which offers fantastic value for money. Priced at just $109, this unlocked processor has stock base / boost clock speeds of 3.1 / 3.4 GHz respectively, compared to 3.5 / 3.7 GHz for the 1300X. Early benchmarks show that the Ryzen 3 1200 is worthy competition to Intel's six month old and currently 50% more expensive i3-7320. This may make the fact that the 1200 comes without integrated graphics more forgivable. The dual core, hyperthreaded i3-7320 beats the 1300 in single threaded tests by over 20% but the 1200 wins in multi-threaded tasks, scoring 10% higher for quad-core benchmarks, making the Ryzen 3 1200 a better choice for thread intensive workloads. ^{[Jul '17 CPUPro]}

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