AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 140.99
$ 109.18 significantly less expensive
$ 250.17

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
9424 points
53% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
11316 points
36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
8790 points
61% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
8596 points
62% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5522 points
7868 points
42% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
229.92 points
56% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
12976 points
69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
2647 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
4.10 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
8 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089
101st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 7 8700F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8700F beats the Ryzen 5 5600G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 8700F has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8700F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5600G. Also, the Ryzen 7 8700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8700F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600G. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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