AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs Ryzen 5 8600G

62 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
VS
60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8700G with 8-cores against the 4.3 GHz Ryzen 5 8600G with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
56.9
(Average)
Value Index
83.4
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8600G and 8700G
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.5 vs 2.9 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (155th and 195th place)

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)
14225
File compression 1440 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
Clang compilation 108.2 Klines/sec 85.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 303.9 pages/sec 269.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 402.6 Mpixels/sec 330.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 272 pages/sec 284 pages/sec
Background blur 65.4 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Photo processing 108 images/sec 109.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.6 Mpixels/sec 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 320 & 176 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
31479
Integer math 102.7 GOps/sec 76.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 63.7 GOps/sec 47.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 101M Primes/sec 94M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46M Strings/sec 35.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.7 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 384 MBytes/sec 292.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1608 Frames/sec 1416 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.9B Matrices/sec 22.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2204 & 1986 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
245.21
173.33

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.3 PPW 13 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 218.8 PPW 191.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 484.3 PPW 387.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.77 PPW 2.67 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 7 8700G
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-08-31 (Metzen)Geekbench 6 CPU2850 / 13124
📘 2025-08-31 (Metzen)Cinebench 2024113 / 847
📘 2025-06-19 (karky)Cinebench 2024104 / 766

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 8, 2024 January 8, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 760M
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (54th and 64th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 42x 43x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 25 billions 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 88 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (74th and 78th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 768 512
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 12 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.5 TFLOPS
2.9 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 8700G official page AMD Ryzen 5 8600G official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 8600G or Ryzen 7 8700G?
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Ygni September 8, 2024 at 03:12 PM
Money/performance, R5 8600g is Better
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