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AMD Ryzen 5 8600G vs Ryzen 5 3400G

60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
VS
29 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
83.4
(Good)
Value Index
36.6
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3400G and 8600G
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 12 nanometers
  • Newer - released 4 years and 6 months later
  • 2.3x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2727 vs 1196 points
  • More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 1.8 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 19% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 8600G
vs
Ryzen 5 3400G

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#195th place)
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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 8600G +128%
2727
Ryzen 5 3400G
1196
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8600G +217%
12463
Ryzen 5 3400G
3926
File compression 1270 MB/sec 345.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 85.2 Klines/sec 27.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 269.9 pages/sec 93.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 330.3 Mpixels/sec 131.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 284 pages/sec 108.6 pages/sec
Background blur 60.9 images/sec 17.6 images/sec
Photo processing 109.2 images/sec 38.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 6.96 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 176 & 538 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 8600G +68%
3875
Ryzen 5 3400G
2311
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8600G +174%
25188
Ryzen 5 3400G
9179
Integer math 76.8 GOps/sec 31.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47.9 GOps/sec 16 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 94M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.1M Strings/sec 15M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec 130.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1416 Frames/sec 484 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.6B Matrices/sec 5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1986 & 4680 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 8600G +145%
173.33
Ryzen 5 3400G
70.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13 PPW 4.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 191.7 PPW 60.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 387.5 PPW 141.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.67 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 8600G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-08-31 (Metzen)Geekbench 6 CPU2850 / 13124
📘 2025-08-31 (Metzen)Cinebench 2024113 / 847
📘 2025-06-19 (karky)Cinebench 2024104 / 766
Add View all (3)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-07-21 (kent)Cinebench 202458 / 292
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 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 4 (Phoenix) Zen+ (Picasso)
Integrated GPU Radeon 760M Radeon RX Vega 11
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 9400
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (64th and 181st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 43x 37x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 25 billions 4.9 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (78th and 183rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 760M Radeon RX Vega 11
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 512 704
TMUs 32 44
ROPs 16 16
Execution Units 8 11
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 8600G +61%
2.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 3400G
1.8 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 11 compared to Radeon 760M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 8600G official page AMD Ryzen 5 3400G official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 8

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Total votes: 5

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