AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i7 X 990

Ryzen 5 2400G vs Core i7 X 990 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2400G beats the Core i7 X 990 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 990 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7 X 990 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 2400G that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2400G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 X 990. In terms of cache, the Core i7 X 990 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 2400G

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