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
CPU Benchmark Performance: Science And Simulation
Our Science section covers all the tests that typically resemble more scientific-based workloads and instruction sets. Simulation and Science have a lot of overlap in the benchmarking world. The benchmarks that fall under Science have a distinct use for the data they output – in our Simulation section, these act more like synthetics but, at some level, are still trying to simulate a given environment.
In the encrypt/decrypt scenario, how data is transferred and by what mechanism is pertinent to on-the-fly encryption of sensitive data - a process by which more modern devices are leaning to for software security.
Adding to our 2024 CPU suite, we've included the Montage Astronomical Image Mosaic Engine (MAIM) benchmark and OpenFOAM 1.2 and retained our gaming simulation benchmarks, including our Dwarf Fortress and Factorio benchmarks.
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
In our simulated and science-focused tests, much of the same happens here as we saw in encoding and rendering; bigger cores and more of them make the difference. We did see strong AVX performance, which is a given since Zen 4 supports AVX-512 workloads via two 256-bit channels. We also saw solid performance in y-Cruncher, with the Ryzen 5 8600G beating out the Ryzen 9 7900 in single-threaded performance. This shows that despite using more power-efficient Phoenix dies, Zen 4 on mobile still offers solid single-threaded performance when transitioned over to the desktop.
Testing without STAPM limitations in our Science and Simulation benchmarks and removing the sustained power management limits didn't really make much difference in performance in these tests.
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James5mith - Monday, January 29, 2024 - link
"These limitations primarily come in highly intensive multi-threaded workloads such as rendering or encoding, where the performance of processors such as the Ryzen 7000 desktop series, but the key point is that these APUs aren't inherently designed for these tasks in mind, and users looking for more CPU grunt are almost certainly likely to opt for a higher grade processor with faster cores, more cores, and more threads. "That is a) a massive run-on sentence, and b) doesn't make much actual sense. For example:
"where the performance of processors such as the Ryzen 7000 desktop series"
Where the performance does what? Or is what? There is no coherent thought in that comma delimited side note.
GeoffreyA - Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - link
The performance of the 7000 series excels at multithreading.yankeeDDL - Monday, January 29, 2024 - link
I wish there were some more remarks vs Intel's offering.CPU-wise Ryzen is more efficient, generally speaking. The performance seems same or slightly lower when compared with CPU that burn 400W to reach crazy boost rate. Still, that's my view.
Comparing it only against Ryzen 5*** seems a bit limited, no?
meacupla - Monday, January 29, 2024 - link
Ryzen 5000G is the primary competitor for Ryzen 8000G.It's next closest competition comes from the mobile segment in the form of mini-PCs.
Intel hasn't offered an APU for its desktop socket in ages.
yankeeDDL - Thursday, February 1, 2024 - link
Not correct.Ryzen 8000G is the only Zen4 desktop CPU on TSMC 4nm process (Ryzen 7000 is also Zen4, but on 5nm).
So - iGPU aside - I expect the 8000G to be more efficient than the 7000. Hence, I am curious as to how it would perform against Intel and also against the 7000.
Grapple - Monday, January 29, 2024 - link
Comparing against Intel’s 65W T-series processors would have made this article much more interesting.FWhitTrampoline - Monday, January 29, 2024 - link
T series is 35W and mostly for thin client Mini Desktop Business PCs but at least the T series are Socket Packaged! And Intel Made a Big mistake not releasing at least a 65W Socket Packaged Meteor Lake SKU. And Intel is very well capable of offering a socket packaged Mobile Processor because I'm still using my HP ProBook 4540s laptop with a Socket Packaged Ivy Bridge generation 3632QM processor and that laptop can get a processor update of MB replacement and reuse the same processor!meacupla - Monday, January 29, 2024 - link
I disagree. But only on processor choice.Ryzen 7840HS, Intel i7-13700H and i7-1370P would be my choice.
TheinsanegamerN - Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - link
Given that this is a desktop chip, it'd make more sense to compare it to other desktop chips.Otherwise, throw an M3 and a nvidia t100 car processor while youre at it.
meacupla - Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - link
Hahaha, nope.8000G are mobile chips using a desktop socket.