AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-8650U

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i7-8650U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3400G performs better than the Core i7-8650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8650U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-8650U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3400G thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3400G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3400G.

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.