AMD Ryzen 7 5700G APU Review: Radeon GPU Inside

Today we're taking a expect at the new… or non then new Ryzen vii 5700G. This CPU was released back in April simply merely for use in OEM systems. Then last month AMD said they would release to the full general market alongside the 5600G in August, then next month.

We've been trying to become one of these APUs for a while, but it hasn't been as easy in Australia. And so a few weeks back nosotros found an HP Pavilion desktop PC equipped with the 5700G, so we snapped one upwardly to run into what the bit tin do. Other reviewers take already tested it since the chip has been easier to find in other regions, but considering we're notwithstanding iii weeks away from the retail release, we might besides go testing. We pulled the 5700G out of the HP system, installed information technology in our AM4 examination arrangement and got to it.

Just before we get into the testing, let'south speedily discuss what the 5700G and 5600G are all about.

The Ryzen vii 5700G is an 8-core, 16-thread processor using AMD'southward Zen 3 architecture, clocking upwardly to 4.6 GHz with a 16 MB L3 enshroud and a 65W TDP. Simply what makes this bit dissimilar to other Ryzen 5000 serial parts is the integrated graphics, but sadly it's non RDNA2 or even RDNA graphics, simply rather Vega with eight compute units clocked upwardly to 2 GHz.

This is the same Cezanne die that AMD's using for Ryzen Mobile APUs like the Ryzen 9 5900HX, and that ways it'due south a monolithic die rather than chiplet based. As a effect, along with the fact that AMD has to squeeze in the Vega eight GPU, one-half the L3 cache has been removed, dropping the 5700G downwardly to 16MB. That's likely going to have quite the negative impact on performance when compared to a part such as the 5800X.

	Ryzen 9 5900X	Ryzen 7 5800X	Ryzen 5 5600X	Ryzen 7 5700G	Ryzen 5 5600G
Release	November 5, 2022			13 Apr 2022
MSRP $	$550	$450	$300	$360	$260
Cores / Threads	12 / 24	8 / sixteen	6 / 12	eight / 16	6 / 12
iGPU	N/A			512:32:viii (viii CU)	448:28:eight (7 CU)
Base Frequency	3.7 GHz	iii.8 GHz	3.7 GHz	3.eight GHz	3.nine GHz
Turbo Frequency	iv.8 GHz	4.7 GHz	4.six GHz	4.half-dozen GHz	4.4 GHz
L3 Enshroud	32 MB per CCD (64MB Total)	32 MB	32 MB	sixteen MB	xvi MB
TDP	105 watts		65 watts

The smaller Ryzen five 5600G is a six-core model clocked up to 4.4 GHz, the GPU has also been downgraded to but 7 Vega compute units clocked up to i.9 GHz, and the same 16MB L3 cache.

AMD is positioning these processors equally lower-cost Zen 3 alternatives to the current 10-models with no integrated graphics that have been in the market for months now. The company has acknowledged the demand for non-X CPUs and apparently these parts are set to fill that gap.

Unfortunately though, these aren't the budget-friendly CPUs many have been hoping for. The Ryzen v 5600G is priced at $260 -- just $xl less than the Ryzen 5 5600X -- and not the $200-220 that many people were hoping a Ryzen 5 5600 would slot into.

Meanwhile, the Ryzen 7 5700G will sit between the 5600X and 5800X in terms of pricing at $360, which is not the price signal we would take liked, especially with the large reduction in L3 enshroud and the unfortunate drib of PCIe four.0 back up in favor of the aging PCIe 3.0 standard.

For testing this APU, nosotros've split into iii sections. First we're going to expect exclusively at CPU performance, but testing the 5700G in applications using an RTX 2080 Ti so I can compare information technology with the rest of our CPU data. And so I want to see how well information technology works with the Vega iGPU and for this I'll exist comparison it confronting the Ryzen 5 3400G and the Core i7-11700 using integrated graphics too as some discrete graphics cards, which were tested on the 5600X.

Finally, we've likewise run a bombardment of discrete GPU tests using the GeForce RTX 3090, to compare the 5700G to a range of other CPUs with a powerful graphics card, so that should be interesting and it will requite us a practiced thought of what kind of headroom this APU offers gamers, should they upgrade down the rails. So let's get into it…

Application Benchmarks

Starting with Cinebench R20 multi-cadre we see that the Ryzen seven 5700G is good for a score of 5432 pts, which is quite skilful, though it is slower than the 5800X and 11900K, trailing by around a 10% margin.

It was around 9% faster than the 10700K, so there is that, but it appears the lack of L3 enshroud is hurting operation, given that the core count is identical to the 5800X and clock speed is much the same.

When looking at unmarried core performance, the 5700G is slower than the 5600X, though it'due south a mere 3% reduction in single thread performance, and when compared to AMD's previous best desktop APU, the 3400G nosotros're looking at a 39% increase in single core functioning.

Moving on, vii-zip pinch performance is only slightly improve than the Core i7-10700K and therefore isn't much better than the half-dozen-core 5600X, or the older 8-cadre 3700X. Then while the performance is respectable, it'due south non exactly what you might have expected from an eight-core Zen 3 processor.

Pinch operation looks a fleck meliorate and here the 5700G was 9% slower than the 5800X, which isn't as well bad and it was able to outpace the 11900K, so relative to Intel information technology is a proficient result.

Every bit seen in the Cinebench R20 single thread test, the 5700G is slower than the 5600X, and equally a result it trailed the 6-cadre Zen iii processor by a ten% margin when testing with Adobe Afterwards Effects. In fact, here we're simply looking at performance that's roughly equivalent to a Core i5-11400F or Ryzen 7 3700X.

It's a similar story in Adobe Photoshop, the 5700G is only able to match the Core i5-11400F, making it 12% slower than the 5800X and 5% slower than the 5600X.

Then we take Premiere Pro 2022 and hither the 5700G was 11% slower than the 5800X as information technology delivered 3700X/10700K similar performance, and that made it more like a 6-core Zen 3 processor, rather than an 8-core model.

Blender is the final of the application benchmarks and here the 5700G was 8% slower than the 5800X, only about 20% faster than the 5600X, so a reasonable event.

Power Consumption

Nosotros oft saw the 5700G delivering 3700X-similar performance, and in terms of power usage it'due south also like. That means it also matches the 10600K. Nosotros're looking at a xv% reduction in total system usage when compared to the 5800X, and so overall a practiced level of efficiency from this viii-cadre APU.

Integrated Graphics Testing

Time for some integrated graphics testing. For this data nosotros're using the Vega 8 graphics of the 5700G, along with the iGPU in the 3400G and 11700. For comparison we accept besides added the Radeon RX 550, GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and 6GB versions, every bit well as the Radeon RX 5500 XT, all of which were tested with the Ryzen 5 5600X.

For a modern and demanding title similar Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the 5700G'south Vega graphics are simply not powerful enough, at least if you desire better than a 30 fps experience. Playing at 1080p using the everyman quality settings, and yet the 5700G was practiced for just 33 fps on average. The simply option remaining is to drop down to 720p, and at that point things are getting very desperate.

All that said, the 5700G was 32% faster than the 3400G and… well, a lot faster than the Core i7-11700 and therefore is a better solution than any of the Intel desktop LGA1200 processors when it comes to gaming with the iGPU.

When compared to detached graphics cards, we're looking at Radeon RX 550/GeForce GT 1030-like operation, so any half decent mod graphics card is going to be miles faster. Take the Radeon RX 5500 XT, for example, which spat out 88 fps on average.

The 5700G is more usable in less enervating games, such as Rainbow Six Siege. Here it was good for 65 fps on boilerplate using the medium quality preset.

With low it is possible to go along frame rates higher up 60 fps at all times. This is roughly equivalent to RX 550 operation, and virtually 40% faster than the 3400G which is a big improvement.

Horizon Cypher Dawn similar Assassin'due south Creed Valhalla has been tested using the lowest possible quality settings at 1080p, and it'south not possible to achieve playable operation with the 5700G, or any of these iGPUs for that affair.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a much older enervating AAA title, but again fifty-fifty with the lowest possible quality settings it's not able to achieve playable functioning, depending on what you deem playable. The game is technically playable at 37 fps, but it's not exactly an enjoyable feel, at least in my opinion, I'd rather just play an older title in the franchise.

Doom Eternal is playable using the everyman quality settings and the experience wasn't half bad with frame rates staying above xl fps. This is actually a large deal for the 5700G equally the 32% performance increase over the 3400G made the game significantly better to play.

As expected, given what we've seen in other more than demanding games, it's not possible to play Death Stranding with the 5700G as frame rates hover around 30 fps. This is a massive improvement from the 3400G, but sadly nonetheless not very playable.

Dirt 5 is somewhat playable with 39 fps on average and a one% low of 33 fps. This was a 22% increment over the 3400G, but not equally impressive in terms of gains as what we've seen in other titles.

Biomutant is another new game that you lot can't run on the 5700G at 1080p, at to the lowest degree not at satisfactory frame rates. Here we're looking at 27 fps on boilerplate and interestingly that's significantly down on the RX 550.

Watch Dogs: Legion too can't be played at 1080p despite using the lowest quality settings, here we're looking at only 28 fps on average, so the game wasn't playable.

Outriders using the lowest possible quality settings at 1080p is not playable with the 5700G and oddly wasn't whatsoever faster than the 3400G. I suspect this is related to a driver consequence and maybe we saw the same thing in Biomutant.

Still, a game y'all can comfortably play is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, here the 5700G managed 112 fps on average which is a 35% increase over the 3400G and pushed united states of america into high refresh charge per unit territory, which is pretty impressive. This is over twice what you'll exit of the 11700 or other 11th-gen Cadre series processor.

It'south worth noting that this performance was achieved using the medium quality settings, and then you can increase frame rates by dropping to depression if y'all wish.

It was too possible to become ~60 fps on average in F1 2022 at 1080p using the lowest quality settings and this 28% performance increase over the 3400G was very noticeable and did lead to a improve gaming experience.

Finally we have Dota ii, which has been tested using the highest quality settings and hither the 5700G was good for 73 fps on average, a 33% functioning heave over the 3400G.

Dialling downward the quality settings will cyberspace you significantly more performance in Dota 2, especially given the CPU side of things is very powerful with the 5700G, so 1440p gameplay is possible here.

Gaming Benchmarks (dGPU)

For testing gaming performance using a discrete graphics card, we picked the GeForce RTX 3090 and started with F1 2022. Hither the 5700G is comparable to Intel's previous generation 8-core processor, the Core i7-10700K. When compared to the 5800X, it is half-dozen% slower, which is not much but goes to show that halving the L3 cache has reduced performance.

The 5700G was slightly slower than the 5800X when testing with Rainbow 6 Siege, but we're talking well-nigh a pocket-size iv% margin and the APU was good for 485 fps, so that'due south pretty practiced. That said, equally far as 8-core CPUs go, it was slower than tenth and 11th-gen Core parts and only 7% faster than the 10600K.

Next up we have Horizon Zero Dawn and here the 5700G was 8% slower than the 5800X, delivering 10600K-like functioning with 151 fps on average. This remains a good issue in the grand scheme of things, despite existence the slowest Zen 3 CPU nosotros've seen.

The 5700G did struggle a little in Borderlands 3, averaging 151 fps and mirroring the performance of the 3700X and 3600, which is a bit disappointing. It was also slower than the Core i3-10100, Cadre i7-7700K and a range of other CPUs, though it's worth noting that this isn't a strong title for Ryzen, and so the 5700G was only 6% slower than the 5800X.

The margin to the 5800X widened in Watch Dogs Legion. Here the 5700G was 12% slower rendering 101 fps on average, and once once more that meant it was delivering 3700X-like functioning, making it slower than half-dozen-cadre 10th-gen Core serial processors.

Death Stranding benefits a lot from the massive L3 cache of the Zen 3 chiplet CPUs as here the 5800X allowed for 214 fps, making it the fastest CPU tested. The 5700G was 15% slower dropping to i5-11400F territory, though it was still 12% faster than the 3700X.

Interestingly, nosotros saw a big 20% decline in performance for the 5700G when compared to the 5800X, and that meant information technology was good for just 132 fps on average, again delivering Ryzen 7 3700X and Cadre i5-10600K-like operation.

In Hitman 2, the 5700G was a lot slower than the 5800X again, this time abaft by a 15% margin. This dropped it down to the Cadre i5-10600K level, though information technology was viii% faster than the 3700X.

Boilerplate Performance

When it comes to more CPU limited gaming with a discrete GPU, the Ryzen 7 5700G isn't amazing, and it appears equally though having all the cores crammed into a single dice doesn't help, rather enshroud capacity plays a much more vital role.

That doesn't mean operation is bad and it'south the best we've seen from an AMD APU so far. The 5700G is a powerful CPU that was able to friction match the gaming performance of Cadre i5-10600K and I think near will concur, that's a pretty peachy gaming CPU.

When compared to the 3400G, we're looking at a massive 88% increase in gaming performance although the new Zen 3-based APU is much more than expensive.

If you lot were expecting 5800X-levels of performance, yous might exist a bit disappointed to acquire that on average the 5700G was xi% slower. However, practise note we're using an RTX 3090 at 1080p, so those gaming at 1440p or higher, with a fast but not extreme GPU, there'll be basically no difference between these two Ryzen seven processors.

Who Is It For?

That's how the Ryzen seven 5700G performs, now what to make of it, equally in what is this APU for? Who in our audition should consider purchasing it? Typically APU recommendations accept been pretty straightforward, accept the Ryzen five 3400G, for example.

At $150, it's an affordable processor and with a budget motherboard and retentiveness combo, it was possible to slice together the entry-level platform for well nether $400. Such a build was suitable for casual gaming, mostly at 720p, simply information technology could game and was also splendid for use equally a habitation theater PC.

The Ryzen 7 5700G though isn't suitable for budget builds. At $360 it costs roughly equally much as the 3400G motherboard and memory philharmonic. So if yous're after a more premium home theater PC setup, the 5700G might be suitable depending on the configuration you're going for. Right now, we experience the most probable use case would be to use the integrated graphics of the 5700G every bit a cease-gap solution, make exercise with the Vega viii graphics until you can buy a new graphics card at a reasonable cost.

Those wishing to build a new desktop PC right now can state parts like the Ryzen vii 5800X below the MSRP, there are as well loads of well priced B550 motherboards on the market, 16GB of DDR4-3200 memory tin exist had for well nether $100, and availability of all other components is very good: cases, power supplies and storage. The only thing stopping yous from building a new gaming PC today is graphics card availability and pricing, so in a mode the 5700G allows you to build at present, and upgrade the graphics later.

But, those focused on gaming performance will notice that the 5700G is inferior to the Ryzen 5 5600X, and however information technology costs $60 more. Nosotros bring this up because for $100 you can state a GeForce GT 1030 on eBay and that will friction match or beat the performance of the integrated Vega viii graphics.

And if y'all really intendance about value, and then you would ignore AMD altogether and get with Intel. The Core i5-10400F can be had for just $180, affording you a $180 upkeep for the graphics card and we've seen used 3GB GTX 1060 cards selling for that cost over the past few weeks. That will internet you 100% more performance in modern games like Assassin'due south Creed Valhalla, and more critically, enable playable frame rates. In one case yous can purchase a more powerful graphics carte, the 10400F is basically identical to the 5700G in dGPU gaming performance anyway as we saw in our testing.

Lesser line, it'south going to be rare that the Ryzen seven 5700G will always make sense for gamers. This is an expensive Zen 3 function and in my stance for this CPU to make sense it needs to be priced closer to $300.