Intel Core i7-3960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G

Core i7-3960X vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3960X is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3960X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3960X.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.