AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 6 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    171%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    149%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    193%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 49% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 93% 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 71% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD Ryzen 5 3400G
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 2
XFR 2
Precision Boost

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD Ryzen 5 3400G
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsAMD Zen+
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameVermeervsPicasso
Release DateNov 2020vsJul 2019

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD Ryzen 5 3400G
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon RX Vega 11

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD Ryzen 5 3400G
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs128K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512K (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs4MB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD Ryzen 5 3400G
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
PackagevsµOPGA-1331
Die Sizeunknownvs210mm²
Process7 nmvs12 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD Ryzen 5 3400G
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock4600 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    5520 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    4620 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    32500 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
    19861 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (simulated)
    260.67
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (simulated)
    173.93

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (simulated)
    1863
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (simulated)
    961.31

points - higher is better