YouTube channel Testing Games in contrast ten video games, pitting every between the lately launched Intel Core i3-12100F and AMD’s (virtually) three-year-old Ryzen 5 3600 CPUs at 1080p decision. As you’ll be able to inform by the title of this text, you will note how far Intel has come within the final a number of years to be a formidable opponent to AMD so far as inexpensive however surprisingly highly effective processor know-how.
Ten sport exams examine the $97 US Intel Core i3-1200F 4-Core and $200 US AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core CPUs with shocking outcomes
First, let’s stroll via the system parts getting used. The check setup utilized by Testing Video games is operating Microsoft’s earlier Home windows 10 working system, ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A D4 motherboard using the Intel Core i3 12100F processor, the ASUS ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Hero motherboard for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 check, after which makes use of the be quiet! Darkish Rock Professional 4 CPU cooler, two Samsung 970 EVO M.2 2280 1 TB SSD reminiscence, CORSAIR’s RM850i 850W PSU, and an unknown DDR4 reminiscence.
The rationale for not itemizing the particular model of DDR4 reminiscence is odd. The linked reminiscence, nonetheless, is the G.SKILL Trident Z RGB Collection 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4-3600 (PC4 28800) Intel XMP 2.0 desktop reminiscence. Not particularly itemizing this within the parts used for the check does elevate questions as to why it was not revealed initially. Nonetheless, the ultimate outcome would basically supply related outcomes to the exams.
The video games examined are:
- Forza Horizon 5
- Name of Responsibility: Warzone
- Hitman 3
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Demise Stranding
- PUBG (Gamers Unknown Battle Floor)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Horizon Zero Daybreak
- Mafia Definitive Version
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Right here is the video to witness the exams in motion:
The outcomes of the check show that Intel’s newer Golden Cove cores simply outperform AMD’s considerably older Zen 2 know-how. The place the AMD R5 3600 CPU, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, affords decrease body charges per second than the newer Intel Core i3-12100F, with its 4 cores and eight threads, affords a barely greater body price with related outcomes.
Let’s break down the full outcomes. Now we have included screenshots of every sport through the check and tried to seek out peak occasions that each methods had been operating at full energy.
When first trying on the Forza Horizon 5 check, examined with the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 chip, averaged 175 FPS in comparison with Intel’s results of 188 FPS—Intel receiving a small enchancment (solely 13 FPS higher; not rather more than a 1% enchancment)—nonetheless, Intel’s check was drawing extra energy from the GPU than AMD (round 30-40W between the 2 exams). For processing energy, regardless that Intel was processing greater with a median of round 65% with a really minimal distinction within the MHz, the temperature and energy consumption was decrease for Intel in comparison with AMD.
And, going via the rest of the video games listed, the outcomes had been extraordinarily related. Graphically, it is extremely onerous to tell apart massive variations in visuals between the 2 chips. I noticed just a few skips in pictures throughout Hitman 3 and Horizon Zero Daybreak. Customers must look meticulously for minor variations between the 2 firms. Temperatures can positively have an effect on efficiency, however even then, with Intel operating barely greater than AMD, it was nowhere close to dangerously excessive ranges produced by both firm.
So far as the ultimate consequence, it appears helpful to save lots of as much as $100 between the 2 CPUs, particularly with simply barely higher efficiency whereas gaming from Intel, in comparison with the older AMD chipset. The 6 cores from AMD may come in useful however for gaming setups, the Core i3-12100F looks like an ideal alternative when coupled with an entry-level H610 board and DDR4 reminiscence.
Supply: Testing Games
