Gaming Benchmarks
These benchmarks do not represent real-world gameplay by any stretch of the imagination. These tests are conducted using built-in benchmarking tools utilizing the game engine. These tests are designed to stress the CPU’s power system as well as ensure proper functionality. These are all run at CPU limited resolutions to try our best to remove the video card as a bottleneck.
One additional note about gaming performance is that these are average values. They do not tell the whole story. Specifically, Destiny 2’s low’s and high’s help tell a very different story than what the average reports are. Fortunately, while the lows are considerably lower than that of Intel CPU’s, the amount of frames that drop into the lowest range are extremely few. As a result, it isn’t something you necessarily feel. I had intended on showing averages, minimums, and maximum frame rates, but this proved to be an extremely massive undertaking. Not all the in-game benchmarks provide this data, which means I have to use something like NVIDIA’s Frameview to do it. For that data to be meaningful, I had to gather this data on all the processors listed, which is a daunting task. This is something I hope to bring to future reviews, but couldn’t get done here.
3DMark 10
In this synthetic benchmark, we see the AMD Ryzen 5 3400G turn in what I think are respectable results. However, Intel’s Core i5 9400 does even better, posting a significantly higher score. This isn’t terribly surprising given Intel’s gaming performance compared to AMD’s While Ryzen 3000 closes that gap significantly, the changes to that architecture don’t benefit the 3400G.
Heaven
Given the CPU’s core and thread counts, the performance of the Ryzen 5 3400G is about what I’d have expected. That’s is to say, comparatively, it isn’t stellar. Of course, the results aren’t too far off the Ryzen 5 2700X. However, both 2nd Gen Ryzens are shamed by Intel’s Core i5 9400.
The Division 2
The fact that the Ryzen 5 3400G performs substantially worse than the other CPU’s in this comparison isn’t at all surprising. However, what is surprising is the difference overclocking the 3400G can make here. There are substantial gains from overclocking in this instance.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Sadly, overclocking doesn’t save the Ryzen 5 3400G when it comes to Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The overclock does help, but 1FPS isn’t enough to make a real difference. In contrast, the Core i5 9400 is significantly faster here.
Hitman 2 (2019)
Again, we see some decent gains by overclocking the Ryzen 5 3400G. Unfortunately, as is the theme with most of the gaming tests, it isn’t enough to challenge Intel’s Core i5 9400G in this test.
Destiny 2
Once more, we see overclocking the Ryzen 5 3400G is beneficial when it comes to gaming. However, the results still favor Intel’s Core i5 9400.