AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6328 points

7604 points

20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points

10588 points

36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5895 points

6642 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5789 points

6422 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6531 points

5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6178 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.56 points

173.75 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9595 points

10810 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2167 points

2486 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.30 GHz

4.35 GHz

31% 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

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

65 W

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

234th of 1,089

161st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1

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 Z1 Extreme vs Ryzen 5 8600G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8600G is faster than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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 Z1 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 8600G. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 Z1 Extreme has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.