Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

3124 points

3431 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5019 points

5471 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2564 points

2815 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2462 points

2700 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.53 points

75.50 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

88 W

65 W

35% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

520th of 1,089

492nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2019 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4790K vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G beats the Core i7-4790K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.