AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
10042 points
63% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
12109 points
46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
9318 points
71% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
9090 points
72% significantly better heavy workload score

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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
4.2 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
15% 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
86th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen PRO 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
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Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G 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 PRO 8700G 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600G. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has more L2 cache than 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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