AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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
11380 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12109 points
14% slightly better gaming score
10581 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9318 points
11723 points
25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9090 points
11982 points
31% 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
68% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

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
61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen PRO 8000 Series
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G vs Ryzen 9 9955HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9955HX performs better than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9955HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. The Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 7 PRO 8700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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