AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE vs Intel Core i5-8400

Processor comparisons   27-07-2021
   If you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision by looking at the AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE vs Intel Core i5-8400 tests and understand which is better for games or simple use for rendering, programming, streaming, machine learning, video editing. Here is useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or several benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in software tests like Gears 5, Blender, Furmark, AIDA64, 3DMark, Handbrake, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, VeraCrypt, WPrime, MATLAB, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), 7zip, Dolphin Emulator, DaVinci Resolve Studio, RealBench, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Prime95, PCMark 10, Blender, PassMark, SuperPi, UserBenchmark.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Death Stranding
Borderlands 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Apex Legends
Last Man Standing
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Cyberpunk 2077
Valheim
Overwatch
Valorant
Grand Theft Auto V
DOOM: Eternal
Fallout 76
Red Dead Redemption 2
Rainbow Six Siege
Fortnite
Watch Dogs Legion
Halo Infinite

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 5 3400GE

52%

Core i5-8400

52%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 5 3400GE

52%

Core i5-8400

53%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Forza Horizon 4, DOTA 2A, Metro Exodus, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Half-Life: Alyx, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Hitman 3, Control, Microsoft Flight Simulator, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Ghostrunner, NBA 2K20, Horizon Zero Dawn, League of Legends (LOL), Monster Hunter World, Battlefield V.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.6	93.5
Valorant	104.1	106.3
Cyberpunk 2077	58.3	59.5
Apex Legends	97.9	99.9
Call of Duty Warzone	78.1	79.7
Overwatch	84.4	86.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.9	73.3
DOOM Eternal	52.1	53.1
Warzone	81.2	82.9
Assassin's Creed	87.5	89.3
Valheim	86.4	88.2

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers that were in the comparisons not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 5 3400GE

91%

Core i5-8400

56%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 5 3400GE is more energy efficient than the Core i5-8400 since it has less power consumption: 35W vs. 65W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, programming, streaming, video rendering or video editing, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the processor uses all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE	Intel Core i5-8400
Cinbench 15 Single-core	161	161
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	831	954
Cinbench 20 Single-core	392	411
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1871	2291
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1015	1023
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	4571	5457

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE	Intel Core i5-8400
Single-Core	2270	2442
Multi-Core	8940	9262

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE	Intel Core i5-8400
Single-Core	964	1106
Multi-Core	3575	5408

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in new games. It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE	Intel Core i5-8400
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	October 01, 2017
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	FCLGA1151-2
Core name	Picasso	Coffee Lake
Architecture	Zen+	x86
Generation	2	8
Turbo Frequency	4 MHz	4 MHz
Frequency	3.3 MHz	2.8 MHz
Cores	4	6
Threads	8	6
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography		14 nm
Transistors count	4200 millions	2470 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	65 W
Memory type		DDR4-2666
Max. Memory		128 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth		41.6 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache		9 MB
Overclocking	yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD3400C6M4MFH

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 5 3400GE is 15% better than Core i5-8400 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i5-8400 has 2 more core than Ryzen 5 3400GE. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE is better: 6
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-8400 is better: 26
However, it should be realized that all the number in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the testing video and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE and Intel Core i5-8400 before making a selection which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE specs and review.

• Intel Core i5-8400 specs and review.