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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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

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

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

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

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

428th of 1,089
492nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

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

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

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.

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.

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