AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-5930K

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

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Intel Core i7-5930K

Price

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$ 87.91

$ 502.04 significantly less expensive

$ 589.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3411 points

3870 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5261 points

5431 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2847 points

3361 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2733 points

3246 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3972 points

6034 points

51% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

68.88 points

98.86 points

43% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3543 points

5398 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1107 points

1136 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3624 points

5677 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1137 points

1222 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 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

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

495th of 1,089

448th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i7-5930K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5930K is faster than the Ryzen 5 3400G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3400G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-5930K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3400G has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3400G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5930K. Also, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3400G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5930K CPU because of its significantly 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.