AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-6700

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
Intel Core i7-6700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i7-6700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    111%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    103%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    119%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

19% higher multi 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 Intel Core i7-6700.
Around 11% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700

None

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i7-6700
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
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i7-6700
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenamePicassovsSkylake
Release DateJul 2019vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i7-6700
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon RX Vega 11vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i7-6700
L1 Cache128K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i7-6700
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vs
Die Size210mm²vsunknown
Process12 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GIntel Core i7-6700
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    4620 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    4600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    19861 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    18924 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (simulated)
    173.93
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    168.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (simulated)
    961.31
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    802

points - higher is better