Intel Core i9-9980HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 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

3558 points

3% slightly better overall score

3431 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4626 points

5471 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3403 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

2815 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3616 points

33% slightly better heavy workload score

2700 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

132.90 points

76% significantly higher Blender score

75.50 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.8 GHz

58% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

19% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

Identical

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

300% significantly more L3 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

480th of 1,089

492nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2019 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-9980HK vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9980HK is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9980HK has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9980HK. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i9-9980HK also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-9980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.