AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G Review: Zen 4 APUs with RDNA3 Graphics
by Gavin Bonshor on January 29, 2024 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- AMD
- APUs
- Phoenix
- 4nm
- Zen 4
- RDNA3
- AM5
- Ryzen 8000G
- Ryzen 7 8700G
- Ryzen 5 8600G
dGPU Gaming Performance: 1080p
Moving along, here's a look at a more balanced gaming scenario, running games at 1080p with maximum image quality.
We are using DDR5-5200 memory as per the JEDEC specifications on the Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G, as well as DDR4-3200 on the Ryzen 7 5700G and Ryzen 5 5600G. The same methodology is also used for the AMD Ryzen 7000 series and Intel's 14th, 13th, and 12th Gen processors. Below are the settings we have used for each platform:
- DDR5-5200 CL44 - Ryzen 8000G
- DDR4-3200 CL22 - Ryzen 5000G
- DDR5-5600B CL46 - Intel 14th & 13th Gen
- DDR5-5200 CL44 - Ryzen 7000
- DDR5-4800 (B) CL40 - Intel 12th Gen
Civilization VI
World of Tanks
Borderlands 3
Red Dead Redemption 2
F1 2022
Hitman 3
Total War: Warhammer 3
At 1080p resolutions, we see the Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G in a better light, but they still generally underperform compared to the fully-fledged desktop chips. While we can see that adding a discrete graphics card will improve performance at 1080p resolutions, we would still recommend users opt for a chip such as the Ryzen 5 7600X over the Ryzen 7 8700G if a user plans to buy a graphics card during the system planning stage.
With STAPM limitations removed, we see nearly identical performance when testing with a discrete graphics card as we did with STAPM implemented.
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TesseractOrion - Saturday, February 3, 2024 - link
Maybe take your meds Maxijazz if you feel so "threatened" LMAO.Right trash snowflakes get triggered so easily *sigh*
TesseractOrion - Saturday, February 3, 2024 - link
You do, since it's triggered your usual inane response LOLt.s - Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - link
As stated on other review comments, you'll be better served with 7840hs mini-pc. Better priced, better idle, better upper-limit power, almost as good againts 8700G (if there's given headroom).FWhitTrampoline - Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - link
There's no Processor upgrade path for the 7840HS as It's BGA and soldered to the MB! And there's 3rd party software for upping the TDP past 65W on the Mobile and Desktop Ryzen APUs!nandnandnand - Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - link
You don't need the upgrade path. The path you need to take is just use the thing for a few years and retire it for lighter duty (e.g. HTPC) or give it to a poor kid when you're done.Thunder 57 - Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - link
Tell that to everyone who upgraded CPU's on AM4.meacupla - Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - link
AM4 had a very long socket life. Long enough that AMD ran out of CPU numbers they could use in EEPROM with a single BIOS.AM5's life expectancy remains questionable.
meacupla - Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - link
8700G costs so much that it is a terrible choice to begin with.For the same price, you can get an i3-12100F with RX 6600, and it'll spit out more frames.
Thunder 57 - Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - link
I wouldn't recommend a 4 core CPU these days.meacupla - Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - link
Yes, but if you are budget constrained and think the 8 core 8700G is good value, you would be sorely mistaken.