Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i5-8500 benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8500 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.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8500 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3400G. Indeed, the Core i5-8500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3400G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3400G has more threads than the Core i5-8500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8500. Also, the Ryzen 5 3400G 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3400G has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. Despite this, the Core i5-8500 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3400G.
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.
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