The CPU of choice for Chris Szewczyk and his tight budgets.
SPECS
Socket: AM5
Arch: Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Process: TSMC 4nm FinFET
Cores: 6
Threads: 12 Cache: 384KB L1, 6MB L2, 16MB L3
Speed: 4.3GHz (5.0GHz boost)
Unlocked: Yes
GPU: Radeon 760M
GPU clock: 2.8GHz Compute: 8 units
AI: Ryzen AI, 16 TOPS Display: Up to 4, DP 2.1, HDMI 2.1, AMD FreeSync, 8k @ 60Hz
Mem max: 256GB
Mem speed: DDR5 3,600- 5,200, twochannel, no ECC
PCIe: v4 20 lanes
TDP 65W (45W-88W options)
I f you’re considering putting together a new system on a tight budget, but don’t want to spend any of the money you do have on a current-generation graphics card, AMD’s Ryzen 5 8600G may well be the solution for you. The 8600G is an affordable six-core variant of AMD’s exciting Phoenix range of laptop, handheld and now desktop APUs. It doesn’t have the grunt of its more expensive sibling, the £320 Ryzen 7 8700G, but it’s still a capable 1080p gaming option that destroys everything else in its price range.