Power and Temperature
On this page, we are going to investigate the power draw, temperature, and frequency. This is a stress test, which means we are pushing each CPU to its maximum potential in all-core load in the Cinebench R23 multi-core test for 10 minutes.
Here is the interesting part, the Ryzen 7 8700G and 8600G perform within the same power envelope as the 5700G, but perform so much faster. This shows that AMD has extracted a much higher performance, at the same TDP, with the new Ryzen 8000G APUs. Therefore, more power is not required, you are getting better performance, at the same TDP as the last generation.
AMD is allowing for higher sustained temperatures on Ryzen 8000G APUs this generation, and we do see them hit higher temps than the 5700G. This, however, is how they are designed, and they are nowhere near their non-G counterparts in temperatures, so you do not need a crazy cooling solution for these.
Conclusion
You cannot deny the substantial upgrade the new Ryzen 8000G series APUs (Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G) provide over the previous generation APUs. The Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G are on the newer AM5 platform with DDR5 support and are based on the Zen 4 architecture. These are all big upgrades over the Ryzen 5000G series APUs. The integrated graphics also received an extremely major upgrade moving from Radeon Vega graphics, to Radeon RDNA 3 graphics. We have covered these APUs in gaming performance, testing 17 games at 1080p, low to ultra game settings, and FSR performance, so be sure to check out our integrated graphics gaming performance review as well.
When you combine the fact that the Ryzen 8000G APUs are now running the latest AMD technologies on both ends (CPU and GPU), you will find that it provides a complete solution for any desktop PC today. Our synthetic benchmarks in this review have proven that the new APUs provide big uplifts in performance in applications. If you are video transcoding, you will see a big uplift on the CPU side, as well as the integrated graphics GPU side of performance as well as we have shown. 
These APUs provide a complete all-in-one solution. If you have a 5000G series and are looking to upgrade, you’ll find that the 8700G offers noticeable improvements in all aspects. AMD has been able to provide a substantial performance uplift, within the same TDP as the previous generation, and efficiency is a notable reason for running one of these APUs for your desktop system. You will get a lot of performance, out of a relatively efficient design. If you are in the market for an APU, and you know if your use case demands it, the new Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G are great options.
