As AMD's powerhouse Zen desktop CPU architecture keeps evolving, the rising tide boosting the Ryzen 5000 Series has finally reached AMD's most value-minded CPUs: the Ryzen G Series, equipped with integrated graphics processors (IGPs). Most of AMD's Ryzen processors lack on-chip graphics, a key consideration in these days of wildly inflated video-card prices and campouts to buy a GPU. With the launch of the $359 Ryzen 7 5700G and the $259 Ryzen 5 5600G processors, AMD cracks open its silicon treasure chest to address an urgent need: robust graphics for gaming and more without a GPU, plus eight cores of CPU grunt. And the 5700G is, indeed, a gem.The Return of the APUs AMD no longer refers to its IGP-enabled CPUs by its own old, familiar term, APUs (for "accelerated processing units," to distinguish them from its IGP-less chips). But the name has stuck around the industry throughout the years. Now, these new APUs aren't 100% new, on a technicality. Today is just the launch day, and ...
AMD's exceptionally fast Ryzen 7 5700G is a integrated-graphics-equipped, eight-core workhorse CPU of major proportions, slaying gaming records with its Radeon silicon alone.
Very fast gaming results on integrated graphics; Solid value for the level of performance; Runs cool under stress testing; Unlike Ryzen 4000G chips, available for individual purchase; Wraith Stealth cooler included in box
Eight cores will be overkill for some gamers and buyers; Performance in gaming with a dedicated GPU is lacking for the price; Limited motherboard compatibility at launch