AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-8400T

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Dec 2019
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Intel Core i5-8400T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
1700 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2018
Intel Core i5-8400T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    255%
  • Intel Core i5-8400T
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    141%
  • Intel Core i5-8400T
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    368%
  • Intel Core i5-8400T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 41% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 268% 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 155% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8400T

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i5-8400T
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
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i5-8400T
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsCoffee Lake
Release DateDec 2019vsApr 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i5-8400T
Cores8vs6
Threads16vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsUHD Graphics 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i5-8400T
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs9216 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i5-8400T
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA1151
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XIntel Core i5-8400T
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs1700 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs3300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsvariable
TDP65 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    4928 points
  • Intel Core i5-8400T
    3960 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    39352 points
  • Intel Core i5-8400T
    12240 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    2101
  • Intel Core i5-8400T (simulated)
    570.11

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    199
  • Intel Core i5-8400T (simulated)
    140.25

points - higher is better