AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5 9400

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G, vs Intel Core i5 9400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 3400G and Intel Core i5 9400
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
1068
Intel Core i5 9400
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
4810
Intel Core i5 9400
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
2323
Intel Core i5 9400
2434
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
9228
Intel Core i5 9400
9395
Integer Math31.3 GOps/s26.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math16.1 GOps/s22.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search19 M primes/s36 M primes/s
Random String Sort15.1 M strings/s16.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption8.6 GB/s2.9 GB/s
Data Compression131.3 MB/s132.9 MB/s
Physics491 frames/s624 frames/s
Extended Instructions5 M matrices/s117 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
1196
Intel Core i5 9400
1363
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
3926
Intel Core i5 9400
5314
File Compression345.4 MB/s423.9 MB/s
Clang Compilation27.8 KLines/s38.7 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser93.2 pages/s114.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering131.8 MP/sec167 MP/sec
Text Processing108.6 pages/s141.1 pages/s
Background Blur17.6 frames/s35.1 frames/s
Photo Processing38.8 frames/s49.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing6.96 MP/sec7.01 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
70.63
Intel Core i5 9400
80.24

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 60.4 PPW 81.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 142 PPW 144.5 PPW
Blender / W 1.09 PPW 1.23 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced July, 7, 2019 January, 7, 2019
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen+ (Picasso) Coffee Lake
Model number n/a i5-9400
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 11 UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 6
Threads 8 6
Frequency 3.7 GHz 2.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.2 GHz 4.1 GHz
General
Cores count46
Threads count86
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier37x29x
L1 cache96 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache4 MB total9 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 4.9 billion n/a
Process tech. 12 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 45-65 W 65 W
Socket AM4 LGA-1151
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-2933 DDR4-2666
Max Size 64 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 43.71 GB 41.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 8 16
Channels n/a 41422

Results

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