AMD Ryzen 7 3700U vs Intel Core i5-8400T

Ryzen 7 3700U vs Core i5-8400T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8400T is faster than the Ryzen 7 3700U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3700U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8400T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 3700U. Indeed, the Core i5-8400T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 7 3700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700U has more threads than the Core i5-8400T. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3700U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400T. Also, the Ryzen 7 3700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3700U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8400T CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 3700U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8400T. Despite this, the Core i5-8400T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 3700U.

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 7 3700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.