AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5-10500

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i5-10500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10500 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3400G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3400G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-10500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3400G has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3400G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500. Despite this, the Core i5-10500 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3400G has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10500. Despite this, the Core i5-10500 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.