Use code "STAP" for 10% off the GN store while it lasts! https://store.gamersnexus.net/ We're almost sold out of our Limited Disappointment Tour PC T-shirts! Grab one while they're still around: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/disappointment-pc-2023-heather Find our high-quality, durable soldering mat on the store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-project-soldering-mat This review of the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G benchmarks performance vs. a cheap CPU and GPU at the same price points (roughly) and looks at viability of the R5 8600G & R7 8700G APUs as SFF/HTPC options or just a cheap gaming component. The new 8000-series AMD Ryzen APUs get tested here for gaming performance and framerate, power consumption, CPU-only performance, efficiency, and frequency. Although we already know they're not strictly "worth it" as cheap gaming parts if the only goal is the cheapest possible combination of a CPU and GPU, they still have valid use cases. If AMD ever adds VRAM to APUs in a big way, it's possible they compete with cheap graphics cards in the future. But we'll see. Testing is different from our normal CPU reviews: We have a combination of memory scaling tests with DDR5-6400 vs. DDR5-6000 and DDR5-5600, but also a mix of GPUs or IGPs. As a result, a lot of the data is not comparable to other prior reviews, especially with the GPU swapping. We're also spending a lot of time on STAPM power throttling behavior. We're almost sold out of our Limited Disappointment Tour PC T-shirts! Grab one while they're still around: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/disappointment-pc-2023-heather Find our high-quality, durable soldering mat on the store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-project-soldering-mat Or grab one of our new mouse mats here! https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/15-yr-mouse-mat Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] AMD Ryzen 7 8700G APU on Amazon: https://geni.us/KeuJzt AMD Ryzen 5 8600G APU on Amazon: https://geni.us/cFBxP AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU on Amazon: https://geni.us/bah9 AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU on Newegg: https://howl.me/ck3xXl7aWU2 Intel i3-12100F on Amazon: https://geni.us/neDFz4 Intel i3-12100F on Newegg: https://howl.me/ck3x3LuzIie AMD R5 7600 on Amazon: https://geni.us/sNMHx AMD R5 7600 on Newegg: https://howl.me/ck3x7KVM3H8 Intel i5-14600K on Amazon: https://geni.us/lyyHg0 Intel i5-14600K on Newegg: https://howl.me/ck3xZAIU0Sk TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G & R7 8700G Review 02:43 - AMD's Statement & But WHY? 06:00 - AMD 8600G & 8700G Specs & Prices 08:38 - ASRock's Broken-Ass BIOS 10:42 - Frequency Drops & All-Core 11:57 - Single-Core Frequency Boosting 12:36 - Power Consumption (All-Core, Default) 13:37 - Power Efficiency (Default) 14:00 - Test Methodology Notes & STAPM 16:55 - CPU-Only Benchmarks First (If Upgrading to a dGPU) 17:20 - Blender 3D Rendering Benchmarks 18:24 - File Compression Benchmarks 19:08 - File Decompression Benchmarks 19:41 - Game Benchmarking 20:23 - Baldur's Gate 3 - 1080p, Low Commentary, & 1440p 23:32 - Rainbow Six Siege Benchmarks - 1080p & 1440p 25:25 - Starfield Benchmarks 26:08 - F1 2023 Benchmarks 28:13 - FFXIV 8700G & 8600G Benchmarks 29:46 - Conclusion ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Steve Burke: Writing, Testing, Host, Editing Patrick Lathan: Testing Mike Gaglione: Testing, Editing Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera, Editing Tim Phetdara: Camera