Intel Core i7-3940XM vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G

Compare Intel Core X-series 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 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

2439 points

2521 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3946 points

4552 points

15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1992 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

1942 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1913 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

1863 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.20 GHz

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W

18% slightly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.25 MiB

2 MiB

700% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

638th of 1,089

623rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3940XM vs Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3940XM performs better than the Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3940XM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3940XM. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-3940XM. Despite this, the Core i7-3940XM has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-3940XM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.