AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Ryzen 5 3400G: performance comparison
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AMD Ryzen 7 1700
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 1700 with 8-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.
- Review
- Differences
- Performance
- Specs
- Comments
Review
General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Ryzen 7 1700
44
Ryzen 5 3400G
47
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Ryzen 7 1700
28
Ryzen 5 3400G
17
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
Ryzen 7 1700
45
Ryzen 5 3400G
53
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Ryzen 7 1700
39
Ryzen 5 3400G
40
Key Differences
What are the key differences between 3400G and 1700
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700
- Has 12288 KB larger L3 cache size
- Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
- Newer — released 2-years and 4-months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 14 nanometers
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 11
- 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.
2 GHz vs 3.7 GHz)
- Around 3.97 GB/s (10%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 1700
958
Ryzen 5 3400G
+12%
1070
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 1700
+68%
8145
Ryzen 5 3400G
4851
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 1700
2016
Ryzen 5 3400G
+17%
2352
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 1700
+59%
14877
Ryzen 5 3400G
9331
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 1700
961
Ryzen 5 3400G
+2%
977
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 1700
+59%
6265
Ryzen 5 3400G
3928
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Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 1700 and Ryzen 5 3400G
General
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | March 2, 2017 | July 7, 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | — | Zen+ (Picasso) |
| Integrated GPU | No | Radeon RX Vega 11 |
| P-Cores | 8 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3. 0 GHz |
3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 3.7 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 30x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 96K (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 | 4. 8 billions |
4.9 billions |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 45-65 W (configurable) |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Peak temperature | 95°C | 95°C |
| Integrated Graphics | — | Radeon RX Vega 11 |
| GPU Base Clock | — | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | — | 1300 MHz |
| Shading Units | — | 704 |
| TMUs | — | 44 |
| ROPs | — | 8 |
| Execution Units | — | 11 |
| TGP | — | 65 W |
Max. Resolution |
— | 3840×2160 — 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 1700
n/a
Ryzen 5 3400G
1.746 TFLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | — DDR4-2666 | — DDR4-2933 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 39.74 GB/s | 43.71 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 7 1700 official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3400G official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 8 |
Cast your vote
Choose between two processors
Ryzen 7 1700
8 (53.
3%)
Ryzen 5 3400G
7 (46.7%)
Total votes: 15
So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G or Ryzen 7 1700?
Name
Message
Promotion
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Summary
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
100%
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AMD Ryzen 7 1700
115%
Relative performance
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
118%
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AMD Ryzen 7 1700
100%
Relative performance
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
100%
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AMD Ryzen 7 1700
147%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3400G |
| 18% higher single threaded performance. |
| This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below). |
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 1700.
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