Intel Core i7-5820K vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 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

4081 points

18% slightly better overall score

3431 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5494 points

0.42% slightly better gaming score

5471 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3634 points

29% slightly better multitasking score

2815 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3527 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

2700 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

95.66 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

75.50 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.8 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

445th of 1,118

510th of 1,118

Family

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Core X-series

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

DDR4-1600

DDR4

Is Unlocked

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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-5820K vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5820K is faster 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-5820K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G outputs less heat than Core i7-5820K 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 i7-5820K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.