Intel Core i7-4980HQ 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

3463 points

0.93% slightly better overall score

3431 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5609 points

2% slightly better gaming score

5471 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2826 points

0.39% slightly better multitasking score

2815 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2712 points

0.44% slightly better heavy workload score

2700 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

62.88 points

75.50 points

20% 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

2.8 GHz

3.8 GHz

35% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.2 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

38% slightly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

489th 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 August

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 i7-4980HQ vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4980HQ performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4980HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4980HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-4980HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.