AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5-2500K

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

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Intel Core i5-2500K

Price

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$ 87.91

$ 45.64 significantly less expensive

$ 133.55

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3411 points

46% significantly better overall score

2325 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5261 points

22% slightly better gaming score

4281 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2847 points

60% significantly better multitasking score

1776 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2733 points

60% significantly better heavy workload score

1704 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3972 points

44% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

2748 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

68.88 points

99% significantly higher Blender score

34.51 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3543 points

87% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1893 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1107 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

629 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3624 points

89% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1910 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1137 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

650 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

495th of 1,089

654th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i5-2500K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3400G performs better than the Core i5-2500K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500K 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2500K. Also, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3400G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.