AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7 8700

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G, vs Intel Core i7 8700. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 3400G and Intel Core i7 8700
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 i7 8700
1222
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
4810
Intel Core i7 8700
7125
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
n/a
Intel Core i7 8700
71
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
n/a
Intel Core i7 8700
366
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
2323
Intel Core i7 8700
2633
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
9228
Intel Core i7 8700
12788
Integer Math31.3 GOps/s44.9 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math16.1 GOps/s27.9 GOps/s
Prime Number Search19 M primes/s35 M primes/s
Random String Sort15.1 M strings/s24 M strings/s
Data Encryption8.6 GB/s4.5 GB/s
Data Compression131.3 MB/s187.5 MB/s
Physics491 frames/s734 frames/s
Extended Instructions5 M matrices/s124 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
1196
Intel Core i7 8700
1455
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
3926
Intel Core i7 8700
6242
File Compression345.4 MB/s440.7 MB/s
Clang Compilation27.8 KLines/s49.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser93.2 pages/s137.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering131.8 MP/sec181.5 MP/sec
Text Processing108.6 pages/s150.9 pages/s
Background Blur17.6 frames/s33.3 frames/s
Photo Processing38.8 frames/s51 frames/s
Ray Tracing6.96 MP/sec10.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
70.63
Intel Core i7 8700
109.76

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 60.4 PPW 96 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 142 PPW 196.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 5.6 PPW
Blender / W 1.09 PPW 1.69 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced July, 7, 2019 October, 5, 2017
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen+ (Picasso) Coffee Lake
Model number n/a i7-8700
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 11 UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Frequency 3.7 GHz 3.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.2 GHz 4.6 GHz
General
Cores count46
Threads count812
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier37x32x
L1 cache96 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache4 MB total12 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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