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In short — Core i5-8400 outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8400 is 776 days older than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 37% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - £100.0 vs £158.88
- Up to 34% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i5-8400 - £0.8 vs £1.21 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-8400 - 35 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8400 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400
- Performs up to 5% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Athlon 3000G - 131 vs 125 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 6 vs 4 threads
A Plague Tale: Requiem
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1920 x 1080
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Ultra
AMD Athlon 3000G Processor with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics (2C/4T, 3.5 GHz Base Clock)
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Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Athlon 3000G | vs | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
Nov 20th, 2019 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| Athlon | Collection | Core i5 |
| Picasso | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
Radeon Vega 3 | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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