AMD Ryzen 7 5700G Review

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

Audio/video machine

Runs all my old software, better than previously. Also runs Cyberpunk and modded Skyrim. (W/ only 32gb ram) WITH NO GPU. I'm satisfied. Will add gpu and more ram eventually, but no rush, and no heating issues.

Money well spent

I went for AMD rather than Intel because from my experience it handles heat better. In hot weather, the I7 cpu's in our PCs were overheating but the AMDs were still running. This one is in a PC that will have a much higher workload and so far has performed flawlessly. Elsewhere I'd have paid at least $20 more.

Works incredibly well even with stock cooler

While my room is quite cold, it still never once went above 65c, very impressed with the cooler's performance. The multiple cores and threads also help a lot with streaming and the vega 8 integrated into it is surprisingly more stable than my laptops mobile 1650. Would recommend. Though, do make sure to have dual ram sticks as that will help performance by a long shot

Fast processor

Good performance, been running at 4.3Ghz for 2 weeks now. Stable, and the included wraith stealth cooler has no problem keeping it cool for my purposes (mainly desktop apps including video and audio editing). Highly recommend.