AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and Ryzen 7 5700G review - Ryzen processor family

Ryzen Series 5000G for Desktop 

Count on a PC that’s fast, efficient, and reliable with the world’s most advanced 7nm processor core technology1 at the heart of your system. AMD Ryzen 5000 G-Series Desktop Processors with Radeon Graphics are designed with industry-leading 7nm process “Zen 3” processor technology for faster, efficient processing to get it all done, faster than ever before, while running cool and quiet. Be immersed in every detail as you edit photos and videos, get amazingly smooth HD gaming, and stream your favorite shows in vibrant 4K, HDR. AMD Ryzen 5000 G-Series Desktop Processors deliver the fastest graphics performance available in a desktop processor with AMD Radeon Graphics built right in. Enjoy smooth, 1080P gaming right out of the box, no additional graphics card required; and an easy path to future upgrades like graphics cards for HD+ gaming when you’re ready.

Processor	Cores / Threads	Clock speed (base/boost)	Cache (L2 + L3)	iGPU	iGPU clock	TDP
Ryzen 7 5700G	8/16	3.8 / 4.6 GHz	20 MB (4 + 16)	Vega 8	2.0 GHz	65W
Ryzen 7 5700GE	8/16	3.2 / 4.6 GHz	20 MB (4 + 16)	Vega 8	2.0 GHz	35W
Ryzen 5 5600G	6/12	3.9 / 4.4 GHz	19 MB (3 + 16)	Vega 7	1.9 GHz	65W
Ryzen 5 5600GE	6/12	3.4 / 4.4 GHz	19 MB (3 + 16)	Vega 7	1.9 GHz	35W
Ryzen 3 5300G	4/8	4.0 / 4.2 GHz	10 MB (2 + 8)	Vega 6	1.7 GHz	65W
Ryzen 3 5300GE	4/8	3.6 / 4.2 GHz	10 MB (2 + 8)	Vega 6	1.7 GHz	35W

The AMD Cezanne APU reveals eight compute units (CU) with 64 shader units each, which actually matches the previous Ryzen 7 4800U. So that's 512 Shader cores. The GPU clock is a notch higher at 2000 MHz. 

No chiplets- a unified 8-core design

Contrary to Ryzen 5000, this is one chip holding it all. It has Vega 8 CUs (compute units), but due to the non-chiplet architecture of the mobile Cezanne die, something had to go, in this instance half of the L3 cache, bringing the total back to 16MB. That cache decrease is seen in benchmarks performed with a discrete GPU installed mostly, which is something to keep in mind if you want to use this processor in a fresh build that will eventually include a GPU. When it comes to performance, the iGPU easily outperforms Intel's i7-11700, but you won't be able to play AAA titles at 1080p. The performance is actually comparable with the Radeon RX 550.

Chipset compatibility - B550 advise and no PCIe Gen 4.0

ZEN3 based Ryzen 5000G series processors will be drop-in compatible with the Series 500 chipset motherboard like the B550 and X570 (you'll need the latest available BIOS, of course). Please do keep in mind that B550 mostly offers HDMI and DP outputs, whereas X570 does not. Also one difference with 5000X versus 5000G, the 5000G does not offer PCIe Gen 4.0 lanes, instead, it offers 24 x PCIe Gen 3 lanes.