AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE 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

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

• Base Frequency
  3.3 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 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo 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
  1300 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 3400GE. 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
  20 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE 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)
  35 W 95 W
• TDP down
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE 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
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q1/2011
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1155
• Technology
  12 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT