AMD Ryzen 7 8700G APU Review – it’s interesting but…

Rating: 8.0.

Today we see the launch of the Ryzen 8000G APU family and are reviewing the Ryzen 7 8700G, however this is our second time around with this hardware. At CES 2023 AMD launched their new Phoenix laptop chips in the Ryzen 7040HS Series which we later reviewed in the Razer Blade 14 (2023) and that is the origin story of these new APUs, which are a Phoenix laptop chip in Desktop AM5 form.

Time stamps

00:00 Dark Souls 3
01:55 The PC Build
03:15 ATX v Micro / Mini – cost differences
04:12 Stripping the system down
05:10 The Ryzen 7 8700G Tech data
07:29 AMD’s claims – HD 60fps
08:14 Hardware discussion
10:30 The results
11:54 Gaming results 1080p
15:23 Real world experience with Dark Souls 3
17:12 Leo’s closing thoughts

The key points about the Ryzen 7 8700G is that it packs eight Zen4 cores, just like a regular desktop Ryzen 7, and also sports integrated Radeon 780M graphics that promise Full HD gaming at 60+ fps, provided you set image quality to Low. In addition you get an XDNA engine for AI duties and while we are sure that will come in handy in the future, we currently consider it to be a bit of a sideshow.

For our review AMD sent us the RYzen 7 8700G along with an MSI B650 Gaming Plus WiFi motherboard and a 32GB kit of G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6400 C34 memory.

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