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AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Application Benchmarks, the TLDR:
We can boil down productivity application performance into two broad categories: single- and multi-threaded. These slides show the geometric mean of performance in several of our most important tests in each category, but be sure to look at the expanded results below.
The Ryzen 7 8700G is clearly focused on delivering exceptional gaming performance from its integrated graphics, but it will also be used for more general-purpose workloads. However, similarly-priced processors designed primarily for compute tend to deliver more performance in core-bound workloads — you get fewer cores and lower clock rates in exchange for the 8700G's extra graphics horsepower. The Ryzen 7 8700G is also not quite as performant on a core-for-core basis due to its lower L3 cache capacity, clock rates, and thermal characteristics.
As expected, the move from Zen 3 to Zen 4 processing cores delivers substantial gen-on-gen uplift; the 8700G is 32% faster in multi-threaded and 18% faster in single-threaded work than the prior-gen Ryzen 7 5700G. The Ryzen 5 8600G also delivers comparable gains over its predecessor, the Ryzen 5 5600G.
The Ryzen 7 8700G delivers strong productivity performance for a budget system as it speeds past the Core i5-13400. Still, it faces stiff competition at its price point: The similarly-priced Core i5-14600K is 32% faster in multi-threaded and 13% faster in single-threaded workloads.
The Ryzen 7 8700G delivers an acceptable amount of CPU processing heft for its target market of budget gaming systems, but the exceptional gaming performance does come with the tradeoff of lower performance in productivity apps. AMD also has stout competition from its own AM5 stable, including the Ryzen 7 7700X and the Ryzen 5 7600X, highlighting that there are better options for those that prioritize performance in productivity applications.
Rendering Benchmarks on AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
The Ryzen 7 8700G is 23% faster than the previous-gen 5700G in the Cinebench 2024 multi-core test and 22% faster in single-threaded performance, giving us a good general feel for the comparisons across this spate of compute-heavy benchmarks. Naturally, popping the cork off the power limits with overclocking yields a bit more grunt power in threaded workloads, but you should keep your expectations in check for these heavy rendering workloads — the Ryzen 7 8700G delivers plenty of performance here for the target audience, but faster options are available.
Encoding Benchmarks on AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
Our tests include single-threaded encoding benchmarks, like LAME and FLAC, but the SVT-AV1 and SVT-HEVC tests represent a newer class of threaded encoders.
Web and Office Benchmarks on AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
Web browser and office applications are ubiquitous the world over. Given its pricing and target audience, the Ryzen 7 8700G delivers good-enough performance in this standard fare.
Compilation, Compression, AI Chess Engines, AVX on AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
This selection of tests runs the gamut from massively parallel molecular dynamics simulation code in NAMD to compression/decompression performance. Y-cruncher computes Pi with the AVX instruction set, making for an exceedingly demanding benchmark. Y-cruncher was recently updated with improved tuning for AMD's AVX-512 implementation.
Frankly, most of these tests aren't relevant to the target audience for this class of chip. These tests are more important for higher-end chips, but we include them for completeness. However, they do highlight the generational gains from moving from the Zen 3 architecture to Zen 4.
