Pentium Gold G5400 vs Ryzen 7 3700X

Prices and Stock
MSRP $64

Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.7GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W/58W BX80684G5400

Prices and Stock
MSRP $329

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium Gold G5400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 7 3700X is 461 days newer than the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400.

Advantages of Pentium Gold G5400

Up to 46% cheaper than Ryzen 7 3700X - CA$113.88 vs CA$211.26
Up to 32% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Ryzen 7 3700X - CA$0.89 vs CA$1.30 per FPS
Consumes up to 11% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 3700X - 58 vs 65 Watts
Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 3700X doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Ryzen 7 3700X

Performs up to 27% better in Dead Island 2 than Pentium Gold G5400 - 163 vs 128 FPS
Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G5400 - 16 vs 4 threads

This is a free version of Dead Island 2.

Dead Island 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Pentium Gold G5400

Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018

FPS

128

79%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$0.89/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$113.88

100%

Value Winner

Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.7GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W/58W BX80684G5400

Buy for CA$113.88 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 69 minutes ago

Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

FPS

163

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$1.3/FPS

68%

Price, CA$

CA$211.26

53%

FPS Winner

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler

Buy for CA$211.26 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 70 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Pentium Gold G5400

Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018

Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

1920 x 1080

Very High

272

FPS

399

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Very High

FPS

212

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

113

FPS

136

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Best Looking

177

FPS

214

FPS

Dota 2

1920 x 1080

High

708

FPS

804

FPS

Valorant

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Pentium Gold G5400

Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018

Single-Core

731

44%

Multi-Core

1504

19%

Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Single-Core

1654

100%

Multi-Core

8102

100%

Pentium Gold G5400	vs	Ryzen 7 3700X
Apr 2nd, 2018	Release Date	Jul 7th, 2019
Pentium Gold	Collection	Ryzen 7
Coffee Lake	Codename	Matisse
Intel Socket 1151	Socket	AMD Socket AM4
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
2	Cores	8
4	Threads	16
3.7 GHz	Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz
Non-Turbo	Turbo Clock Speed	4.4 GHz
58 W	TDP	65 W
14 nm	Process Size	7 nm
37.0x	Multiplier	36.0x
UHD Graphics 610	Integrated Graphics	None
No	Overclockable	Yes