AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core 2 Duo E6550

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 87.91
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$ 95.91

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3412 points
556% significantly better overall score
520 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5264 points
364% significantly better gaming score
1134 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2848 points
667% significantly better multitasking score
371 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2734 points
667% significantly better heavy workload score
356 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3543 points
801% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
393 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1107 points
341% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
251 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3624 points
775% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
414 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1137 points
351% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
252 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
300% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed
2.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

502nd of 1,099
1,080th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2007 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core 2 Duo E6550 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3400G is faster than the Core 2 Duo E6550. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E6550 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 3400G has significantly more cores than the Core 2 Duo E6550. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3400G has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core 2 Duo E6550. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Duo E6550. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Duo E6550. 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 Core 2 Duo E6550 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 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 Ryzen 5 3400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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