AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-4790K

Price

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$ 87.91

$ 195.21 significantly less expensive

$ 283.12

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3411 points

9% slightly better overall score

3124 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5261 points

4% slightly better gaming score

5019 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2847 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

2564 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2733 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

2462 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3972 points

41% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2813 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

68.88 points

73.53 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3543 points

4415 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1107 points

1357 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3624 points

4402 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1137 points

1403 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

4 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.4 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35% slightly lower TDP

88 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

495th of 1,089

520th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i7-4790K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3400G is faster than the Core i7-4790K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3400G. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3400G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.