Intel Core i7-6700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G

Core i7-6700K vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700K 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700K. Despite this, the Core i7-6700K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G.

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 i7-6700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.