"AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 'Hawk Point' APU Challenges GTX 1060 with 5 GHz Speed and RDNA3 Graphics"
The AMD Ryzen 5 8600G "Hawk Point" APU has been spotted in Geekbench benchmarks, revealing a 6-core configuration with a 5 GHz boost clock and an integrated Radeon 760M iGPU with 8 compute units. This APU is part of the Ryzen 8000G series for the AM5 desktop platform, combining Zen 4 CPU architecture with RDNA 3 GPU architecture. The Ryzen 5 8600G shows a 20% performance increase over its mobility counterparts and is expected to offer significant value for budget and mainstream gamers. More details are anticipated at AMD's CES 2024 event.