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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 5 3400G

48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
VS
29 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
48.0
(Average)
Value Index
36.6
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3400G and 5600X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Has 28 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 82% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2173 vs 1196 points
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 12 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • Around 7.49 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 11

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 5600X
vs
Ryzen 5 3400G

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 459 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2477 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600X +82%
2173
Ryzen 5 3400G
1196
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600X +133%
9135
Ryzen 5 3400G
3926
File compression 954.5 MB/sec 345.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.2 Klines/sec 27.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 169 pages/sec 93.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 245 Mpixels/sec 131.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 213.5 pages/sec 108.6 pages/sec
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 17.6 images/sec
Photo processing 68.8 images/sec 38.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 16 Mpixels/sec 6.96 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1003 & 538 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600X +46%
3366
Ryzen 5 3400G
2311
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600X +138%
21824
Ryzen 5 3400G
9179
Integer math 70.6 GOps/sec 31.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 39.5 GOps/sec 16 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 135M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26.2M Strings/sec 15M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.7 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 252.2 MBytes/sec 130.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1307 Frames/sec 484 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17B Matrices/sec 5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 35079 & 4680 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 5600X +122%
156.48
Ryzen 5 3400G
70.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9 PPW 4.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 140.5 PPW 60.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 335.8 PPW 141.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.41 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 5600X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-20 (CTB)Cinebench 2026497 / 2892
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-17 (dolip)Cinebench 2026459 / 2477
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Skull)Cinebench 202493 / 592
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Geekbench 6 CPU2174 / 9054
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Cinebench 202490 / 583
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-21 (kent)Cinebench 202458 / 292
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 5 3400G

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released October 8, 2020 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen+ (Picasso)
Integrated GPU No Radeon RX Vega 11
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 11600K - Intel Core i5 9400
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (124th and 181st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 37x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.9 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (119th and 183rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon RX Vega 11
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1300 MHz
Shading Units - 704
TMUs - 44
ROPs - 16
Execution Units - 11
TGP - 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600X
n/a
Ryzen 5 3400G
1.8 TFLOPS
See: Radeon RX Vega 11 benchmarks

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 Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page AMD Ryzen 5 3400G official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 8

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Comments

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