AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Last updated: 2024-02-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 2400G		AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 5 2400G or AMD Ryzen 5 8600G - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 5 2400G has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 2400G was released in Q1/2018. The AMD Ryzen 5 8600G has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 8600G was released in Q1/2024.

AMD Ryzen 5 (84)	Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (84)
AMD Ryzen 2000G (5)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 8000G (12)
1	Generation	6
Raven Ridge (Zen)	Architecture	Phoenix (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 5 2400G is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz (3.90 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 5 8600G has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 4.30 GHz (5.00 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
4	Cores	6
8	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.60 GHz	Frequency	4.30 GHz
3.90 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	5.00 GHz
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.75 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
--	AI hardware	AMD Ryzen AI
--	AI specifications	AMD dedicated AI XDNA Technology @ 16 TOPS

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	AMD Radeon 760M
1.25 GHz	GPU frequency	0.80 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	2.80 GHz
8	GPU Generation	10
14 nm	Technology	4 nm
3	Max. displays	4
11	Compute units	8
704	Shader	512
No	Hardware Raytracing	Yes
No	Frame Generation	AMD FSR
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	AMD Radeon 760M
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 5 2400G supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 8600G can connect up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
DDR4-2933	Memory	DDR5-5200
64 GB	Max. Memory	256 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
46.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	83.2 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	6.00 MB
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
12	PCIe lanes	20
11.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 5 2400G has a TDP of 65 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 5 8600G is 65 W.
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
46 W	TDP down	45 W
95 °C	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 5 2400G has a 4.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 5 8600G cache has a total of 22.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
14 nm	Technology	4 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	AM5 (LGA 1718)
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2018	Release date	Q1/2024
165 $	Release price	229 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G (51%)

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G (33%)

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	60 (59%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	101 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	295 (38%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	770 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1021 (57%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	1792 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	4800 (34%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz	14067 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	854 (44%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	1947 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3174 (30%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz	10638 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1099 (41%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	2671 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3368 (29%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz	11453 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	387 (56%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	697 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1775 (32%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz	5505 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.25 GHz	1760 (61%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G AMD Radeon 760M @ 2.80 GHz	2868 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	8740 (34%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz	25955 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	59 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	534.4 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	404 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	2207 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	155 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	811 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 14,067 CB R23 MC @ 68 W	207 (100%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).


	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	16 (100%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
Memory PC Gaming mit Ryzen 5 2400G dercomputerladen Gaming PC mit Ryzen 5 2400G	Unknown

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