AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5-9500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3411 points
9% slightly better overall score
3104 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5261 points
1% slightly better gaming score
5158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2847 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
2485 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2733 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
2385 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

68.88 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
53.77 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3543 points
4181 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1107 points
1210 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3624 points
4238 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1137 points
1248 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
33% slightly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 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
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

495th of 1,089
524th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i5-9500T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3400G beats the Core i5-9500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9500T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-9500T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3400G has 4 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3400G has more threads than the Core i5-9500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9500T 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.

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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