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AMD Ryzen 5 8600G vs Ryzen 5 7600X

60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8600G against the 4.7 GHz Ryzen 5 7600X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (1)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
83.4
(Good)
Value Index
106.5
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600X and 8600G
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
  • More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 8600G
vs
Ryzen 5 7600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (195th and 196th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8600G
12463
Ryzen 5 7600X +9%
13615
File compression 1270 MB/sec 1490 MB/sec
Clang compilation 85.2 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 269.9 pages/sec 269.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 330.3 Mpixels/sec 342 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 284 pages/sec 308.4 pages/sec
Background blur 60.9 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 109.2 images/sec 108.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 176 & 1068 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8600G
25188
Ryzen 5 7600X +12%
28271
Integer math 76.8 GOps/sec 84.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47.9 GOps/sec 50.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 94M Primes/sec 207M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.1M Strings/sec 38.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 18.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec 317.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1416 Frames/sec 1820 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.6B Matrices/sec 24.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1986 & 11881 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 8600G
173.33
Ryzen 5 7600X +23%
213.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13 PPW 8.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 191.7 PPW 129.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 387.5 PPW 269.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.67 PPW 2.03 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-31 (Metzen)Geekbench 6 CPU2850 / 13124
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-31 (Metzen)Cinebench 2024113 / 847
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-19 (karky)Cinebench 2024104 / 766
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-19 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 883
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 856
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru)Cinebench 2024121 / 917
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Geekbench 6 CPU3054 / 14225
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Cinebench 2024121 / 899
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 8600G and Ryzen 5 7600X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 8, 2024 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU Radeon 760M Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 13600K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (64th and 50th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 43x 47x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 25 billions 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 116 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (78th and 71st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 760M Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 512 128
TMUs 32 8
ROPs 16 4
Execution Units 8 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 8600G +383%
2.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7600X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Radeon 760M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 8600G official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X or Ryzen 5 8600G?
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Goonda_Boss July 22, 2025 at 05:27 PM
So from what I understood as a noob, the Ryzen 5 7600X still smashed the Ryzen 5 8600G from the 8th generation, besides power consumption and integrated graphics. I wonder why AMD still made a lesser version in the 8th generation after the high-performance 7th generation.
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