Ryzen 5 3400G vs Pentium N3520

Place in the ranking	2685	1114
Place by popularity	not in top-100	92
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	9.09	8.47
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3520 and Ryzen 5 3400G basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	2.17 GHz	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.42 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Multiplier	no data	37
L1 cache	224 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	12 nm
Die size	no data	210 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	4,950 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3520 and Ryzen 5 3400G compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1170	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3520 and Ryzen 5 3400G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3520 and Ryzen 5 3400G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3520 and Ryzen 5 3400G are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3520 and Ryzen 5 3400G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	8 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
Graphics max frequency	854 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3520 and Ryzen 5 3400G integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3520 and Ryzen 5 3400G.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	4	20
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium N3520 0.72

Ryzen 5 3400G 5.82
+708%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium N3520 1146

Ryzen 5 3400G 9251
+707%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium N3520 174

Ryzen 5 3400G 1134
+552%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium N3520 491

Ryzen 5 3400G 3629
+639%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.72	5.82
Recency	1 December 2013	7 July 2019
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	22 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	65 Watt

Pentium N3520 has 828.6% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 3400G, on the other hand, has a 708.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more threads, and a 83.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 3400G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3520 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium N3520 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 3400G is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium N3520 and Ryzen 5 3400G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.