AMD has announced a new version of its Ryzen 5000 desktop processors the Ryzen 5000 G-Series, which (like AMD’s previous G-Series offerings) adds an integrated GPU to the company’s existing Ryzen processors.
The company is launching six new APUs today. There are three 65W chips for more powerful machines an eight-core Ryzen 7 5700G model, a six-core Ryzen 5 5600G, and a quad-core Ryzen 3 5300G along with a trio of 35W GE chips with slightly less power and thermal headroom. And like their GPU-less counterparts, the new chips use AMD’s 7nm process and feature its Zen 3 architecture.
AMD is making some big performance claims. It says the 5700G is between 35 to 80 percent faster on average than Intel’s Core i7-10700 in creativity, productivity and benchmark apps. There’s also a night-and-day difference for games. AMD is claiming truly playable frame rates in titles that struggle on the Core i7, including Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Civilization VI and Metro Exodus. The company is no doubt picking software that flatters the new Ryzens, but the tests are worth noting if gaming is an important consideration.
You’ll have to be content with buying the Ryzen 5000G series as part of a pre-built system in the first weeks after launch. However, AMD said they’ll be available separately for home-built PCs “later this year.” Either way, they could be extremely useful for tiding over gamers you could buy a Ryzen-powered system now and start playing while you wait for your dream GPU to become available.
