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AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

Released Jan 31, 2024$329 launch priceDesktop Processor

A monolithic Zen 4 APU carrying the 12 CU RDNA 3 Radeon 780M, fast enough to play modern games at 1080p with settings turned down and no discrete card. Buy it for small-form-factor or GPU-less builds; buy something else if a graphics card is going in the slot.

Pros

  • Radeon 780M at 2.9 GHz is the fastest desktop integrated GPU of its era — playable 1080p in many titles without a GPU
  • Eight Zen 4 cores and 16 threads at a 65 W TDP, with a Wraith Spire cooler in the box
  • Monolithic die gives lower idle power and lower memory latency than the chiplet Ryzen 7000 desktop parts
  • Includes an XDNA NPU, unlike any chiplet Ryzen 7000/9000 desktop chip
  • Fits any AM5 board, so the same platform can later take a chiplet CPU and a discrete GPU

Cons

  • Only 16 MB of L3, half the 7700's, which costs it noticeably in games once a real GPU is added
  • PCIe 4.0 only, and the graphics slot runs at x8 — a step back from the Gen 5 x16 of Ryzen 7000 desktop parts
  • The 780M is memory-bandwidth starved; it needs fast DDR5 and still falls far short of even a budget discrete card
  • Priced close to a 7700 plus a cheap GPU, which is the faster combination if space and power allow
56.2Inno Score

Average

Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.

Single-core67.1
Multi-core53.5
Gaming48

Full specifications

Everything we track for the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

General

Announced
2024
Socket
AM5
Process
4 nm
Base TDP
65 W
Max turbo power
88 W
Unlocked multiplier
Yes
Cooler included
Yes

Cores & Clocks

Cores
8
Performance cores
8
Efficiency cores
0
Threads
16
Base clock
4.2 GHz
Boost clock
5.1 GHz
L2 cache
8 MB
L3 cache
16 MB

Integrated GPU

iGPU
AMD Radeon 780M (12 CU RDNA 3)
iGPU clock
2,900 MHz

Memory

Memory support
DDR5-5200
Max memory
256 GB
Memory channels
2

Platform

PCIe version
4
CPU PCIe lanes
20

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (single)
2,570
Geekbench 6 (multi)
13,000
Cinebench R23 (single)
1,790
Cinebench R23 (multi)
17,100
PassMark
29,500

Quick answers

Is the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G good in 2026?

The AMD Ryzen 7 8700G earns an Inno Score of 56.2/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. A monolithic Zen 4 APU carrying the 12 CU RDNA 3 Radeon 780M, fast enough to play modern games at 1080p with settings turned down and no discrete card. Buy it for small-form-factor or GPU-less builds; buy something else if a graphics card is going in the slot.

What are the key specs of the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G?

Cores: 8 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 5.1 GHz · Socket: AM5

What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G?

Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i5-12600KF, AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.