AMD Ryzen 7 8700G & Ryzen 5 8600G Performance Specifications and Benchmarks

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AMD Ryzen 7 8700G & Ryzen 5 8600G Performance Specifications and Benchmarks

The upcoming AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G APUs’ Geekbench 6 results have surfaced, showing performance that is only slightly less than that of the Ryzen 7000 non-X SKUs. Based on the Hawk Point APUs’ specifications—which are strikingly similar to those of the Raphael chips used in the Ryzen 7000 series—this is about what was expected. As is always the case with unofficial benchmarks, wait for confirmation before acting upon the news.

Based on the Phoenix and Phoenix 2 chips, which made their debut in the Ryzen 7040 series, is the Ryzen 8000G series. The faster NPU found in Hawk Point APUs from the 8040 series is present in the top-tier 8700G and 8600G models. In comparison to the Ryzen 7000 desktop CPU and the high-end Ryzen 7045 laptop CPU, which are equipped with chiplets, the 8000G series typically lags slightly in frequency and has half the L3 cache per core.

The official scores for the Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 5 7600, which are quite similar to the 8700G and 8600G, respectively, have been compared to the leaked benchmark results.

The Ryzen 7000 series non-X 8700G and 8600G perform marginally worse in single- and multi-core tests when compared to their counterparts. The majority of this performance disparity is probably due to frequency since Geekbench isn’t as cache-sensitive, and cache is much smaller on the 8000G APUs. Even the 8700G may find it difficult to reach those extremely high framerates in the mid-100s or higher due to the smaller cache, which is likely to affect gaming performance.

Additionally, Ryzen 8000G APUs do not support PCIe 5.0, which means that PCIe 5.0 SSDs of the current generation cannot be operated at maximum speed on Ryzen 8000G APUs; instead, they can only operate at PCIe 4.0 speeds, which are approximately 8GB/s.

8000G APUs do, however, have two features that may more than offset their lack of PCIe 5.0 and somewhat reduced CPU performance. Even the comparatively tiny Radeon 740M in the entry-level Ryzen 3 8300G should outperform the integrated graphics in any Ryzen 7000 desktop chip because the Radeon 700M integrated graphics found in 8000G series APUs are far faster than those found in Ryzen 7000 CPUs.

Lastly, the Ryzen AI neural processing unit, which speeds up AI workloads, is a feature of the more expensive 8700G and 8600G. Even though integrated graphics will likely be more appealing to most users than that feature, AI is still becoming more and more popular, as demonstrated at the most recent CES. The 8700G and 8600G will be less expensive to build desktop computers with AI hardware thanks to the AI neural processing unit.