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    AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5-8600

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2019
    AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    Intel Core i5-8600
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 6 / Feb 2018
    Intel Core i5-8600

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-8600
      106%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-8600
      105%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-8600
      108%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8600

    5% higher single threaded performance.
    8% higher multi threaded performance.
    Around 6% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i5-8600

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8600

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i5-8600
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4A
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    SHA
    F16C
    FMA3
    AMD64
    EVP
    AMD-V
    SMAP
    SMEP
    SMT
    Precision Boost
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    VT-d
    AES-NI
    TSX
    TXT
    CLMUL
    Boost 2.0

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i5-8600
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_Coffelake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenamePicassovsCoffee Lake
    Release DateJul 2019vsFeb 2018

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i5-8600
    Cores4vs6
    Threads8vs6
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon RX Vega 11vsUHD Graphics 630

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i5-8600
    L1 Cache128K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs9216 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i5-8600
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    PackageµOPGA-1331vsFC-LGA1151
    Die Size210mm²vsunknown
    Process12 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i5-8600
    Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3100 MHz
    Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs4300 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsvariable
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
      4620 points
    • Intel Core i5-8600
      5160 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
      19861 points
    • Intel Core i5-8600
      22320 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (simulated)
      173.93
    • Intel Core i5-8600 (simulated)
      182.75

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (simulated)
      961.31
    • Intel Core i5-8600 (simulated)
      1039.61

    points - higher is better

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