AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-4980HQ

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i7-4980HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4980HQ beats the Ryzen 5 3400G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3400G in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4980HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4980HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3400G thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.