AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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 8600G

Price

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$ 273.07

$ 222.50

$ 50.57 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9769 points

28% slightly better overall score

7604 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11596 points

9% slightly better gaming score

10588 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9145 points

37% slightly better multitasking score

6642 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8951 points

39% slightly better heavy workload score

6422 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7917 points

28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6178 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

245.43 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

173.75 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13530 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

10810 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2650 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2486 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

4.2 GHz

4.35 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

2% 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

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

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

95th of 1,089

161st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 8700G vs Ryzen 5 8600G benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8700G 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 8700G has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8600G 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 8700G. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 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 8700G has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8600G. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 7 8700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.