AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core 2 Duo E8400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3700X performs better than the Core 2 Duo E8400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E8400 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core 2 Duo E8400 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Duo E8400. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Duo E8400. 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 Core 2 Duo E8400 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X

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