AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5-2500k. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000G Intel Core i 2000
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Generation
  2 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  AMD Ryzen 5 4600G -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4 GHz 3.7 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 10.1
• Execution units
  11 12
• Generation
  8 6
• GPU Frequency
  1400 MHz 850 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Vega 11 Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q1/2011
• Shader
  704 96
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-2500k and AMD Ryzen 5 3400G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 -
• PCIe lanes
  12 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3400G and Intel Core i5-2500k Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 95 W
• TDP down
  45 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3400G and Intel Core i5-2500k, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Sandy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q1/2011
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1155
• Technology
  12 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT