AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-3960X

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i7-3960X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3960X beats the Ryzen 5 3400G in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3400G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3960X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3400G. Indeed, the Core i7-3960X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3400G. 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 i7-3960X. Also, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3400G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3960X 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.