AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7 5960X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G with 4 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2133)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Lower TDP (45W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 5960X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (68GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G +1%

1069

Intel Core i7 5960X

1057

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

4819

Intel Core i7 5960X +104%

9850

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

1170

Intel Core i7 5960X +6%

1244

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

3331

Intel Core i7 5960X +100%

6669

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G +8%

966

Intel Core i7 5960X

892

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

3901

Intel Core i7 5960X +80%

7026

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G +19%

2344

Intel Core i7 5960X

1963

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

9281

Intel Core i7 5960X +36%

12655

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

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Intel Core i7 5960X

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Aug 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Picasso

Core Architecture

Haswell E

-

Processor Number

i7-5960X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

Radeon RX Vega 11

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.9 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

45-65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

Performance Core Threads

16

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

30x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

64 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

68 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1300 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

704

Shader Units

-

44

Texture Units

-

8

Raster Operation Units

-

11

Execution Units

-

65 W

Power Consumption

-

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

1.746 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

Official Website

Intel Core i7 5960X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

8

PCIe Lanes

40

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.2, AVX-2

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