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    AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i3-3240

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2019
    AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    Intel Core i3-3240
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
    Intel Core i3-3240

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
      220%
    • Intel Core i3-3240
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
      143%
    • Intel Core i3-3240
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
      296%
    • Intel Core i3-3240
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 43% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 196% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Around 120% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3240

    None
    AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i3-3240
    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
    Hyper-Threading
    XD bit
    VT-x
    TXT

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i3-3240
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenamePicassovsIvy Bridge
    Release DateJul 2019vsSep 2012

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i3-3240
    Cores4vs2
    Threads8vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon RX Vega 11vsIntel HD 2500

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i3-3240
    L1 Cache128K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i3-3240
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
    PackageµOPGA-1331vsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size210mm²vs94mm²
    Process12 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i3-3240
    Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3400 MHz
    Turbo Clock4200 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs55 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
      4620 points
    • Intel Core i3-3240
      3502 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
      19861 points
    • Intel Core i3-3240
      8404 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (simulated)
      173.93
    • Intel Core i3-3240 (simulated)
      121.18

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (simulated)
      961.31
    • Intel Core i3-3240 (simulated)
      323.97

    points - higher is better

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