Ryzen 5 3400G vs Athlon 64 TF-20

Place in the ranking	3280	1114
Place by popularity	not in top-100	92
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon 64	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	0.61	8.47
Architecture codename	Sherman (2009)	Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date	1 May 2009 (15 years ago)	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 TF-20 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	1 (Single-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	1	8
Base clock speed	no data	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	667 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	37
L1 cache	0.1 MB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	12 nm
Die size	no data	210 mm²
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	4,950 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 TF-20 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	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	S1g1	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Ryzen 5 3400G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Ryzen 5 3400G are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Ryzen 5 3400G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	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

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Ryzen 5 3400G.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.16	5.82
Recency	1 May 2009	7 July 2019
Physical cores	1	4
Threads	1	8
Chip lithography	65 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

Athlon 64 TF-20 has 160% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 3400G, on the other hand, has a 3537.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 3400G is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 TF-20 in performance tests.

Be aware that Athlon 64 TF-20 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 3400G is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 64 TF-20 and Ryzen 5 3400G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.