AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE vs Intel Core i9-7960X

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-7960X
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE Intel Core i9-7960X

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE or Intel Core i9-7960X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE was released in Q3/2019.

The Intel Core i9-7960X has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-7960X was released in Q4/2017.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO (28) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
AMD Ryzen 3000G (8) CPU group Intel Core i 7000X (9)
2 Generation 7
Picasso (Zen+) Architecture Skylake X
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i9-9960X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE is 3.30 GHz (4.00 GHz) while the Intel Core i9-7960X has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-7960X is at 2.80 GHz (4.20 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE Characteristic Intel Core i9-7960X
4 Cores 16
8 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? Yes
3.30 GHz Frequency 2.80 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE Characteristic Intel Core i9-7960X
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE or Intel Core i9-7960X has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 (Raven Ridge) GPU no iGPU
1.30 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
8 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
11 Compute units --
704 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 (Raven Ridge) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 46.9 GB/s. The Intel Core i9-7960X supports up to 128 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 85.4 GB/s.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE Characteristic Intel Core i9-7960X
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR4-2666
64 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
46.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 85.4 GB/s
Yes ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 22.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
20 PCIe lanes 44
19.7 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE is 35 W, while the Intel Core i9-7960X has a TDP of 165 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE Characteristic Intel Core i9-7960X
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 165 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
25 W TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE is manufactured in 12 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i9-7960X is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 22.00 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE Characteristic Intel Core i9-7960X
12 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket LGA 2066
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2017
-- Release price 1699 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE (80%)
Intel Core i9-7960X (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE (27%)
Intel Core i9-7960X (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
919 (82%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
1121 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
2897 (22%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
13468 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1075 (77%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
1394 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
3412 (29%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
11810 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
8280 (31%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
27022 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
1103 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
22189 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.30 GHz
1830 (100%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
111.4 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz
8088 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
184 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-7960X Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
3161 (100%)

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