AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  AMD Ryzen 8000 AMD Ryzen 8000
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.10 GHz 5.00 GHz
• Frequency
  4.20 GHz 4.30 GHz
• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 16 6 / 12

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU frequency
  2900 MHz 2800 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  12 8
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 780M AMD Radeon 760M

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 8600G and AMD Ryzen 7 8700G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory Speed (4x2R)
  3600 MT/s 3600 MT/s
• Memory Speed (4x1R)
  3600 MT/s 3600 MT/s
• Memory Speed (2x2R)
  5200 MT/s 5200 MT/s
• Memory Speed (2x1R)
  5200 MT/s 5200 MT/s
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 256 GB
• Memory type
  DDR5-5200 DDR5-5200

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and AMD Ryzen 5 8600G to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• Configurable TDP (max)
  65 W 65 W
• Configurable TDP (min)
  45 W 45 W
• TDP (PL1 / PBP)
  65 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and AMD Ryzen 7 8700G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Verified on
  2026-09-30 2026-09-30
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/8000-series/amd-ryzen-7-8700g.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/8000-series/amd-ryzen-5-8600g.html
• Release date
  Q1/2024 Q1/2024
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 16 MB
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 6 MB
• Socket
  AM5 AM5
• Technology
  TSMC 4nm FinFET TSMC 4nm FinFET
• Architecture
  Zen 4 Zen 4