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. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G outputs less heat than Core i7-3960X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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.
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