AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

$ 276.36
$ 222.50
$ 53.86 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10739 points
41% slightly better overall score
7604 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12739 points
20% slightly better gaming score
10588 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10048 points
51% significantly better multitasking score
6642 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9834 points
53% significantly better heavy workload score
6422 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8548 points
38% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6178 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

266.15 points
53% significantly higher Blender score
173.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14835 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
10810 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2879 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2486 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
4.35 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

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

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
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

74th of 1,089
161st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
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 7 7700 vs Ryzen 5 8600G specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7700 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 core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 7700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8600G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8600G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700 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 7700 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8600G. The Ryzen 7 7700 also has significantly more 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 7 7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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