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

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.