AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 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

$ 177.00
$ 45.50 slightly less expensive
$ 222.50

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8583 points
12% slightly better overall score
7604 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11637 points
9% slightly better gaming score
10588 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7604 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
6642 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7365 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
6422 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6996 points
13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6178 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.44 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
173.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12876 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
10810 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2889 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2486 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.70 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
4.35 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
65 W
61% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
Identical
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

121st of 1,089
161st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 7600X vs Ryzen 5 8600G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600X beats the Ryzen 5 8600G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8600G in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 7600X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 8600G. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8600G outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 7600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 7600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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