AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-5820K

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i7-5820K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5820K 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-5820K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3400G. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K 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 i7-5820K. Also, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3400G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5820K CPU because of its significantly 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.