AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 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

5440 points
5702 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7698 points
7868 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
4995 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4637 points
4828 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

152.57 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
144.95 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.00 GHz
50% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
274% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

312th of 1,118
289th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen AI 300 Series
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR4

Ryzen AI 5 340 vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D beats the Ryzen AI 5 340 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen AI 5 340 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen AI 5 340. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen AI 5 340 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen AI 5 340.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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