[SOLVED] Ryzen R 2400 or i5 8400?

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I mostly only do gaming, and browsing through net, just casual Removed. Not any demanding programs, only games. The i5 is 210 dollar, and Ryzen is 200 dollar, so price is not really a concern. I got a i5 4690 atm. Or should I rather wait for new ones.
 
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Of those two, the i5-8400 would be better since you have dedicated graphics and won't be utilizing the 2400G's better integrated graphics, though the Ryzen 2400G would normally be in a lower price bracket than that, as it has fewer physical cores.

The Ryzen 2600 (overclocked) and 2600X would be the options most closely competing with the 8400. The 8400 tends to offer slightly better performance in current games than those options, but the 6-core Ryzens also offer SMT (much like an i7) which is likely to help more in future titles, so I would consider any of those to be good options provided they are priced similar.

Your existing processor is still fairly decent though, since per-core CPU performance hasn't improved all that much in...
Make no mistake. The games are some of the most demanding programs for both CPU and graphics card. You do not indicate if you have discrete graphic card or you use the integrated card of the CPU. Can you tell us what graphics card do you use?

As a CPU the i5-8400 is much better than the Ryzen 5 2400G. In fact the Ryzen 5 2400G is somewhat lower than your current CPU.

The only advantage of the Ryzen 5 2400G is that it has a built-in graphic card that is much better than the integrated card of the I5-8400 or your current CPU. In any case, it is lower than most discrete graphic cards, so it is only advisable if you do not have a discrete graphic card.

Keep in mind that in any case you should change the motherboard and memory because your computer must have DDR3 and the new cpu need DDR4.

Can you give your full current specifications so we can help you better?
 


16 gb of ram DDR3 (8x2)
GTX 1070 ti
ASUS H81I-PLUS
Cooler master b700 v2
 
I think there is a mistake. The Ryzen 5 2400G costs about $ 150. The one that costs about $ 200 is the Ryzen 5 2600.

If this is the case, they are both very good CPUs that will not disappoint you with your graphic card.

If it's just going to run games I would choose the I5-8400. If you want to stream with the games maybe the Ryzen is better.
 
Of those two, the i5-8400 would be better since you have dedicated graphics and won't be utilizing the 2400G's better integrated graphics, though the Ryzen 2400G would normally be in a lower price bracket than that, as it has fewer physical cores.

The Ryzen 2600 (overclocked) and 2600X would be the options most closely competing with the 8400. The 8400 tends to offer slightly better performance in current games than those options, but the 6-core Ryzens also offer SMT (much like an i7) which is likely to help more in future titles, so I would consider any of those to be good options provided they are priced similar.

Your existing processor is still fairly decent though, since per-core CPU performance hasn't improved all that much in recent years, so unless you are running into performance issues in some games due to the lack of threads, I would probably just stick with it until AMD and Intel begin launching their 7 and 10nm CPUs later this year. For reference, your i5-4690 is still about on par with the current quad-core i3-8100 or Ryzen 2200G in terms of performance.
 
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