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AMD has consistently given its consumer the best processors every year. Yeah, AMD Ryzen series outmatched Intel more than anything this lately. Even though AMD is known as one of the hottest processors before, now it is not relevant anymore. Well, Ryzen itself is the reason why AMD became one of the best processors in the world at the most affordable price. Well, I personally love the Ryzen series because I also used it. Well, I used AMD Ryzen 5 3400g without a discrete graphics card. I could play many AAA games even though it is on low or medium graphics settings.
Ryzen 5 3400g is an APU kind that is part of the Ryzen 3000 series family. What is APU? Well, APU means Accelerated Processing Unit. Is it different from the CPU? Yes, it is different because APU has its own integrated graphics card on the processor. This is the reason why Intel lost. One of them because of its Intel HD integrated graphics card on motherboards.
So, even though 3400g has its own integrated graphics card, this processor will do more performance if you add a discrete graphics card, such as RX 570, RX 580, or RX 590. However, 3400g is the best choice if you prefer your budget to be saved and buy a discrete graphics card later in the future. Yeah, I also planned to buy a discrete graphics card as well, but I have to save for 3000 MHz Dual-Channel RAM first.
This AMD Ryzen 5 3400g has 3.7 GHz of Base Clock, and you are able to overclock it to 4.2 GHz. It has 4 cores (Quad-Cores) and 8 Threads. For the graphics card, it has Radeon Vega 11 integrated on its processor with 1400 MHz and 11 graphics cores. Not just that, Ryzen 5 3400g also includes a stock cooler for its processor, AMD Wraith Spire.
If you compare this APU with Intel Core i5-9400, Intel still loses the match even though Core i5-9400 has 6 cores and 6 threads, whatever it is in the base clock or overclock.
For its performance in gaming, well, personally, it is the best APU you can afford cheaply if you really want to play AAA games so bad. However, it doesn't lift the went-right graphics setting game because Vega 11 capability is only 2 GB VRAM and took it from RAM. But, AMD Ryzen 5 3400g is the best if you only want to play AAA Esports games, such as Counter-Strike, or DOTA 2 in a higher graphics setting.
