Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 7 5700G - CPU or APU?

Should I buy a CPU or an APU?

What's the better bet when building a gaming PC in 2022? Should you get a CPU or an APU when using a dedicated GPU? Let's find out!

5700G Review

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Specs
2:21 - Gaming Benchmarks
4:23 - Productivity Benchmarks
6:38 - Who REALLY needs APUs?

Test Bench Parts List
MSI B550M Mortar WiFi
16GB G.Skill Trident Z Ram @ 3200MHz
Corsair H115i Pro RGB
Corsair RM850x power supply
Samsung 980 Pro M.2 NVMe 1TB
EVGA RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming
Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact

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[joseguevara]

Finally someone comparing PRODUCTIVITY, not all of us are gamers. Thanks.

[greenman]

I like the 5600G because at $120, I can put more money towards a better GPU. though its not a 5600X or 5800, It's no slouch, and will get you by, until you upgrade. When that happens, I would be happy to keep an extra 5600G in my spare parts bin.

[jimmybrannan]

I used my 5700G for over a year until finally liking the price of a $329 MSI RX6600XT and installing it. It didn't really impress with numbers in Cinebench but with Passmark it tore it up in the 3D mark numbers. It went from 3224 to13294 and watching the difference was amazing. The jet planes used to fly around like bi-planes with the APU only and with the new MSI they now fly like Jets. The floating spinning island trees used to stutter and flicker but now they spin like tops that I can't even recognize. A world of difference between an APU and a GPU. They 5700G saved me a ton of money and really did the job for a year but it's time to jump into the game a get a graphics card and take advantage of the full capability of your computer.

[ZxSpectrumplus]

I want to share another excellent use case for the APU. Especially the 5600G. Just upgraded my son's APU from 2200G to 5600G. His PC is a small slim desktop casing (smaller than the one in your video) with one of those small PSU inside (don't know what you call this form factor but it's like really small, smaller than a SFX PSU) and it only rated at 300W. Previously using the 2200G to run Switch emulator RyujinX...was terrible...frame rates hover around 15fps to 25fps tops for Octopath traveller 2. It even lags mad in the world map accessed from the menu which is basically a sort of 2D map but perhaps rendered in 3D. Basically, it runs worse than a real Switch and just horrible. After upgrading to 5600G, it was night and day...can say there is like > 100% improvement. Gameplay frame rates hovers around 40-45fps, drops to above 30fps at most during some battle scene. The world map which lags like mad previously now a buttery smooth 55fps. Almost comparable to my RTX3060 system at 60fps with a 5600X. In short, it now actually performs better than a real Switch!!!(Original Switch version locked at 30fps). It's an excellent upgrade for my purpose. I think the 5700G does not offer the same value as it's way too expensive and offers only a few frames extra as shown in most gaming benchmark tests. Hence, both me and my son are very happy with the 5600G. :)

[stevepatrick]

I opted for a ryzon 5 5600g paired with an rtx 3060 12gb on an x570 motherboard using three m.2 2tb nvme drives so if anything goes wrong with my rtx 3060 i still have a functioning pc something you should think about the minimal decrease in performance is offset by the backup potential.

[robertcromwell]

As of 2-2023 Amazon has the 5600G for $125 and the 5700G for $175 give or take a few dollars on each.

[BravoSixGoingDark]

Any chance we might see AMD releasing the Ryzen 6000G and Ryzen 7000G Desktop
G-Series APU end of this year or next Q1 next year 2024?

[ICA.Agent]

Nice video man thanks for informations

[EJSmith-dkyg]

For some reason EVERYBODY seems to forget that some of us are building SERVERS and are not gaming with an APU !
How do these APU's do with transcoding on a MEDIA SERVER ?
ANYBODY ?

[liez]

From what I've seen should I buy the 5600g because of it price without a dedicated GPU for now until they come down?/I can reasonably afford one.

[ronyzmiri]

I am about to build my second time ever DIY PC. this is a home office PC, no gaming just normal use and casual basic video editing.
I have a brand new, never used AMD Ryzen 2400G lying around, but came upon a great offer of Ryzen 5600G.
My question - does it make sense to buy the newer CPU and will I feel a big difference between the two?

[LowKeyProductionz]

I'm wondering if you could help me out. I have the 5600 and I'm trying to maximize my computer for music production but need help with settings because something seems wrong right now

[davefroman]

Im getting to be an old man and my gaming days are basically behind me. The system I am building with the 5700G to replace my ailing 12yr old i5 will be inheriting my XFX RX580 8g. If and when the gpu dies? I can get by with the integrated graphics just fine.

[BuceGar]

I just bought the 5700G for $170.00. It's an insane value for that price, you get the APU if you need it, and it's still a 4.6ghz 8-core if you don't.

If you buy one just be sure you can control the overclocks from the motherboard bios. The GPU runs at 2000mhz by default which is low, but every test shows that it's stable at 2400mhz and dramatically improves your performance. It also helps to have fast ram, 4000/CL16 or faster is recommended.

[Emperor]

Bro both 5600 and 5600x needs discrete Graphics card for display so today Graphics card are much higher priced

[DonquixoteShalria-rwli]

why no one talk about ryzen with GE processor?

[Bg]

So the games aren't using those extra cores.

[Seujiro]

Do you think it is worth to update a Ryzen 5 5600g with a Ryzen 7 5700g or a Ryzen 7 5700x? The use of the computer is for ocasional Gaming, work, video conversion and ocasional edition

[mark]

Can we do 4k editing in aftereffects with the both apu's?

[VasimQureshi-xe]

I am a video editor I want to upgrade my CPU, so which CPU should I buy which can run the after effects easily ?