AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i5-8400

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 140.99
$ 29.00 slightly less expensive
$ 169.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
64% significantly better overall score
3741 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
37% slightly better gaming score
6024 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
79% significantly better multitasking score
3030 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
81% significantly better heavy workload score
2906 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5522 points
50% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
3658 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
90% significantly higher Blender score
77.12 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4729 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1312 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4858 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1380 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
39% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089
456th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core i5-8400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600G performs better than the Core i5-8400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8400 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 5600G has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8400. The Ryzen 5 5600G also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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