Intel Core i5-8400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3741 points
3871 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6024 points
13% slightly better gaming score
5312 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3030 points
3476 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2906 points
3483 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

77.12 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
53.55 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
3.8 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
Identical
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB
125% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

456th of 1,089
447th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-8400 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G beats the Core i5-8400 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-8400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8400 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G. Indeed, the Core i5-8400 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has more threads than the Core i5-8400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8400. Despite this, the Core i5-8400 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-8400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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