AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i5-7400

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-7400

Price

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$ 109.99

$ 59.00

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3189 points

42% slightly better overall score

2237 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4881 points

17% slightly better gaming score

4164 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2673 points

57% significantly better multitasking score

1701 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2565 points

57% significantly better heavy workload score

1632 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3483 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3132 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

67.91 points

56% significantly higher Blender score

43.28 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3218 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3137 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1031 points

1144 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3230 points

3282 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1037 points

1193 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB

6 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

512th of 1,089

675th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

7th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 December

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 2400G vs Core i5-7400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2400G is faster than the Core i5-7400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7400 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 2400G has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7400. Also, the Ryzen 5 2400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 2400G has more L2 cache than the Core i5-7400. Despite this, the Core i5-7400 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 2400G.

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 Ryzen 5 2400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.