AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i3-7100U

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i3-7100U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3400G beats the Core i3-7100U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 3400G has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-7100U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7100U. The Core i3-7100U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3400G thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.