AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-975

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3411 points

80% significantly better overall score

1889 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5261 points

74% significantly better gaming score

3014 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2847 points

82% significantly better multitasking score

1556 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2733 points

82% significantly better heavy workload score

1494 points

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3543 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2411 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1107 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

596 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3624 points

94% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1859 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1137 points

111% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

538 points

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

11% slightly higher clock speed

3.33 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

100% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

495th of 1,089

742nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2009 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3400G vs Core i7-975 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3400G performs better than the Core i7-975. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-975 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-975. Also, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3400G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-975 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.