AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i3-8300

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i3-8300 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3400G beats the Core i3-8300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8300 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 3400G has more threads. According to our data, the Ryzen 5 3400G and Core i3-8300 have the same clock speed. The Core i3-8300 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3400G thanks to a slightly lower TDP. 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 3400G has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8300. Despite this, the Core i3-8300 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3400G.

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 3400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.