AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

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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AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Price

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$ 246.84

$ 155.73

$ 91.11 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10008 points

81% significantly better overall score

5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12170 points

51% significantly better gaming score

8044 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9291 points

94% significantly better multitasking score

4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9088 points

96% significantly better heavy workload score

4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9007 points

72% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

5215 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

281.95 points

76% significantly higher Blender score

159.49 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15466 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9444 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2977 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2354 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.50 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

3.55 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz

8% 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

Identical

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

89th of 1,089

291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7

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

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 7700X vs Ryzen 5 8500G specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7700X beats the Ryzen 5 8500G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8500G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 7700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8500G outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 7700X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 7700X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8500G. The Ryzen 7 7700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.