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AMD Ryzen 5 8600G vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Specifications

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Q1/2024
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

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AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 8600G or AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G has a base frequency of 4.30 GHz. 6 / 12 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q1/2024.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a base frequency of 4.70 GHz. 8 / 16 Cores. Power consumption of 170 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
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  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 170 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 8600G CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 9% better clock speed

    4.70 GHz left arrow 4.30 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    8 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 12 % better overclocked clock speed

    5.60 GHz left arrow 5.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    536 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen 8000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 7
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
  • Generation
    - left arrow 6
  • CPU group
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
CPU Technical specs

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)
    5.00 GHz left arrow 5.60 GHz
  • Frequency
    4.30 GHz left arrow 4.70 GHz
  • CPU Cores / Threads
    6 / 12 left arrow 8 / 16
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 5.40 GHz
  • Overclocking
    - left arrow Yes
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    - left arrow Yes
  • Cores
    - left arrow 8x
  • Core architecture
    - left arrow normal
IGPU

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
    2800 MHz left arrow 0.40 GHz
  • Graphics Cores
    8 left arrow -
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon 760M left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q3/2022
  • Technology
    - left arrow 5 nm
  • Direct X
    - left arrow 12
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 8 GB
  • Shader
    - left arrow 128
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 2
  • GPU (Turbo)
    - left arrow 2.20 GHz
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • JPEG
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    - left arrow Decode
  • AVC
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    - left arrow No
  • VP9
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and AMD Ryzen 5 8600G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory Speed (4x2R)
    3600 MT/s left arrow -
  • Memory Speed (4x1R)
    3600 MT/s left arrow -
  • Memory Speed (2x2R)
    5200 MT/s left arrow -
  • Memory Speed (2x1R)
    5200 MT/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2 (Dual Channel)
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory type
    DDR5-5200 left arrow DDR5-5200
  • AES-NI
    - left arrow Yes
  • PCIe
    - left arrow 5.0 x 24
  • ECC
    - left arrow Yes
  • Bandwidth
    - left arrow 83.2 GB/s
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 8600G and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • Configurable TDP (max)
    65 W left arrow -
  • Configurable TDP (min)
    45 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP)
    65 W left arrow -
  • Tjunction max.
    - left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 230 W
  • TDP (PL1)
    - left arrow 170 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 8600G and AMD Ryzen 5 8600G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Verified on
    2026-09-30 left arrow -
  • Official source
    https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/8000-series/amd-ryzen-5-8600g.html left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q1/2024 left arrow Q1/2023
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    16 MB left arrow 96.00 MB
  • L2-Cache
    6 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Socket
    AM5 left arrow AM5 (LGA 1718)
  • Technology
    TSMC 4nm FinFET left arrow 5 nm
  • Architecture
    Zen 4 left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • ISA extensions
    - left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    - left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    - left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Chiplet

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

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