AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-3940XM

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 417.00
$ 344.04
$ 72.96 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2653 points
8% slightly better overall score
2439 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4214 points
6% slightly better gaming score
3946 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2184 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
1992 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2097 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
1913 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 5 1400 and the Core i7-3940XM? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.99 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
48.88 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3185 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2994 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

955 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
793 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3133 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2039 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

962 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
644 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.20 GHz
0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
3.9 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache
0.25 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

601st of 1,089
638th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1400 vs Core i7-3940XM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1400 performs better than the Core i7-3940XM. Despite this, the Core i7-3940XM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3940XM has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 1400. Also, the Core i7-3940XM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3940XM outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1400 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-3940XM. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons