AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs Ryzen 5 3400G

46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT
VS
29 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT with 6-cores against the 3.7 GHz Ryzen 5 3400G with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
80.3
(Good)
Value Index
36.6
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3400G and 5500GT
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 4 years and 7 months later
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12 nanometers
  • 68% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2010 vs 1196 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Around 7.49 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2010
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8177
File compression - 345.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 27.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 93.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 131.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 108.6 pages/sec
Background blur - 17.6 images/sec
Photo processing - 38.8 images/sec
Ray tracing - 6.96 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 538 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3078
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
19049
Integer math - 31.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 16 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 15M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 130.6 MBytes/sec
Physics - 484 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4680 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
140.83

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.8 PPW 4.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 125.8 PPW 60.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 293.1 PPW 141.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 1.09 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-07-21 (kent)Cinebench 202458 / 292

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT and Ryzen 5 3400G

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 8, 2024 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen+ (Picasso)
Model number 5500GT -
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon RX Vega 11
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 9400
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (129th and 183rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 37x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 10.7 billions 4.9 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (126th and 185th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon RX Vega 11
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 448 704
TMUs 28 44
ROPs 8 16
Execution Units 7 11
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.7 TFLOPS
1.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT official page AMD Ryzen 5 3400G official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 8

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