AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G Review: Zen 4 APUs with RDNA3 Graphics

iGPU Gaming Performance: 1080p

There are limitations with integrated graphics, even those on the latest APUs, such as the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G with Radeon RDNA3-based graphics. That being said, we have tested our new suite of games for 2024 in this review, at least at 1080p on the integrated graphics. As we expand into 2024, we'll be benching all our CPUs on the new titles in our list, including the latest F1 2023, Returnal, the updated Cyberpunk 2077, and the demanding Company of Heroes 3 RTS.

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

Using the new games in our test suite to compare performance between the Ryzen 8000G and Ryzen 5000G APUs, we can see a stark difference in gaming performance between the two generations of APUs. Firstly, the Ryzen 7 8700G is consistently ahead when using Medium settings at 1080p than the Ryzen 7 5700G, while the Ryzen 8600G is also comfortably ahead of both Ryzen 5000G APUs. 

To add a little variation, we also tested Cyberpunk 2077 with AMD's FidelityFX image quality toolkit and saw fantastic performance. Not only did we see an uplift of around 37% in performance between the Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 7 5700G, but with AMD FidelityFX applied, we saw an uplift of over 53%, which is impressive. Of course, not every game or title has FidelityFX, but applying it can certainly improve framerate performance with AMD's Ryzen 8000G series APUs.

Retesting the latest firmware, we can see that the Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G performance is marginally better at 1080p, just as we experienced at 720p on the Radeon 700M series integrated graphics. Gaming benchmarks are that they typically don't represent sustained loads, and we expect these performance figures to be sustained over longer periods of time with STAPM limitations removed.