AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Compare AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 16 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

10042 points
10175 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12109 points
38% slightly better gaming score
8712 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9318 points
10760 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9090 points
11072 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
64 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

86th of 1,089
83rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen PRO 8000 Series
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 April
2024 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G vs Ryzen 9 5900XT specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900XT is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900XT. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 5900XT CPU because of its 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 9 5900XT 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 PRO 8700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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