AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    124%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    112%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    159%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

12% higher single threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 1700X.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 59% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GAMD Ryzen 7 1700X
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
3DNow!
CnQ
NX bit
XFR

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GAMD Ryzen 7 1700X
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenamePicassovsZen
Release DateJul 2019vsMar 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GAMD Ryzen 7 1700X
Cores4vs8
Threads8vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon RX Vega 11vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GAMD Ryzen 7 1700X
L1 Cache128K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GAMD Ryzen 7 1700X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageµOPGA-1331vsuPGA
Die Size210mm²vs192mm²
Process12 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GAMD Ryzen 7 1700X
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    4620 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    4180 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    19861 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    36502 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (simulated)
    173.93
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    154

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (simulated)
    961.31
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    1537

points - higher is better