AMD Ryzen 5000G Series Review: Zen 3 APUs Deliver Big Value
Throughout all of our benchmarking and testing, we also monitored how much power our test rigs were consuming with a power meter. Our goal was to give you an idea as to how much power each configuration used while idling at the Windows desktop and while under a heavy CPU workloads across one and all cores. Keep in mind, this is total system power consumption being measured at the outlet and not the the individual power being drawn by the CPUs alone.
Total System Power Consumption
To provide a bit more analysis and insight, we also monitored power while overclocking the Ryzen 7 5700G. Versus its stock configuration, enabling Precision Boost Overdrive increased peak power consumption by about 20 watts. Enabling Automatic Overclocking increased peak power by another 19 watts and manual overclocking pushed things further, by another few watts. Even while overclocked though, Ryzen 7 5700G's peak power remained relatively low, in light of higher-end processors.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G And Ryzen 7 5700G: The Verdict
The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and Ryzen 7 5700G are a couple of highly-compelling, mainstream processors. With six and eight Zen 3 cores, respectively, the Ryzen 5 5600G and Ryzen 7 5700G both offer enough multi-threaded muscle for the vast majority of users, with highly competitive single-thread performance as well. Unlike previous-gen AMD APUs, which typically targeted entry-level configurations, these new Ryzen 5000G products hit the sweet spot of the market and compete favorably with some of today's most popular mid-range processors. Of course, all of those statements are somewhat clouded by the many higher-end, OEM-only processors AMD offers to its partners. However, if we focus strictly on widely available, retail releases -- which means comparing the Ryzen 5000G series to the Ryzen 3000G -- generally speaking, the Ryzen 5000G series is a huge upgrade in terms of CPU performance.
With those higher performing, additional CPU cores comes an integrated Radeon Vega Graphics engine, which is among the fastest available for a desktop processor. The 7CU and 8CU Radeon Vega GPUs on board the Ryzen 6 5600G and Ryzen 7 5700G are similar to what's available in previous-gen AMD APUs, but with higher clocks and support for higher memory speeds, Ryzen 5000G iGPU performance is relatively strong and clearly outruns what Intel is offering in it's 11th Gen Core series desktop processors. AMD's Ryzen 5000G series integrated graphics solution also offers full support for the company's Radeon software suite, which includes features like FSR that can boost gaming performance even further in titles that support it.All told, save for the lack of PCIe Gen 4, there's a lot to like with the Ryzen 5000G Series. These processors offer strong CPU and integrated GPU performance, in power-friendly packages, that work in the existing socket AM4 ecosystem, and at competitive prices. If you're looking to build a high-performance, mainstream system and want 6 or 8-core value options, or integrated graphics will do, the Ryzen 5000G series is an easy recommendation.
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