AMD Ryzen 3 3200G vs Intel Core i7-3960X

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2019
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
Intel Core i7-3960X
Intel Socket 2011DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Nov 2011
Intel Core i7-3960X

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

65 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-3960X.
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3960X

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i7-3960X

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3960X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-3960X

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3960X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GIntel Core i7-3960X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GIntel Core i7-3960X
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4 Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenamePicassovsSandy Bridge-E
Release DateJul 2019vsNov 2011

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GIntel Core i7-3960X
Cores4vs6
Threads4vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 8vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GIntel Core i7-3960X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs15360 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GIntel Core i7-3960X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case TempN/Avs67°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vsFC-LGA10
Die Size210mm²vs435mm²
Process12 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 3200GIntel Core i7-3960X
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.35 V
TDP65 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
    4400 points
  • Intel Core i7-3960X
    3900 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
    15840 points
  • Intel Core i7-3960X
    23760 points

Points - higher is better