AMD Ryzen 7 8700G 8-Core & Ryzen 5 8600G 6-Core Desktop APU Benchmarks Leak, Up To 64% Faster Than Ryzen 5000G

The latest benchmarks of AMD's Ryzen 7 8700G & Ryzen 5 8600G "Hawk Point" Desktop APUs have been leaked within Geekbench.

The benchmarks of the two Hawk Point APUs have been leaked within Geekbench and show strong single and multi-threaded performance.

The AMD Ryzen 7 8700G is the top Hawk Point APU, featuring 8 cores, 16 threads, 16 MB of L3, and 8 MB of L2 cache. This chip has a base clock of 4.2 GHz and a boost clock of 5.1 GHz and has a TDP of 65W. The chip features the Radeon 780M iGPU with 12 compute units clocked at 2900 MHz, the fastest clock yet on an RDNA 3 integrated graphics chip. The APU will be priced at $329 US.

Moving on, we have the AMD Ryzen 5 8600G which is a 6-core and 12-thread APU with 16 MB of L3 and 6 MB of L2 cache. This chip has a base clock of 4.3 GHz and a boost clock of 5.0 GHz with the same 65W TDP. The GPU is a Radeon 760M iGPU with 8 compute units clocked at 2800 MHz. The APU will be priced at $229 US.

The benchmarks were tested on two individual platforms. The AMD Ryzen 7 8700G APU system featured an ASUS ROG STRIX B650-A Gaming WIFI motherboard with 32 GB DDR5-6400 memory while the AMD Ryzen 5 8600G APU system featured an MSI B650 Gaming Plus WIFI motherboard with DDR5-6400 memory. The benchmark results can be seen below:

In terms of performance, the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G offers a massive 64% boost in multi-core and 37% boost in single-core performance versus its predecessor the Ryzen 5 5700G while the Ryzen 5 8600G offers a 50% boost in multi-threaded and 29% boost in single-threaded performance versus its predecessor, the Ryzen 5 5600G. Both CPUs are around 5-10% slower in single and multi-core test results against the standard Ryzen 7000X Desktop CPUs but that should be a given since those run at much higher frequencies and support higher TDPs too.

The Ryzen 8000G APUs will also be outfitted with the world's fastest integrated graphics solution, the RDNA-based Radeon 700M series which will enable gamers to play their favorite AAA games at 1080p resolutions with performance equivalent to a GTX 1060 or GTX 1650 GPU without needing a discrete graphics card. They will also be the first desktop APUs to come packed with an NPU. AMD has recommended DDR5-6000 as the sweet spot for Ryzen 8000G APUs on desktops.

The AMD Ryzen 8000G Desktop APUs hit shelves on the 31st of January and will be compatible with all existing AM5 motherboards through a BIOS firmware update.

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