AMD has just announced two new Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), the Ryzen 7 5700G and Ryzen 5 5600G. Combining CPUs and GPUs, these devices are AMD’s answer to Intel’s embedded graphics solutions. The company also talked about the four new AMD Ryzen Pro 5000-series processors coming soon.
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The last APUs AMD released were in the Ryzen 3000 series. With such a big jump, some performance gains are inevitable. However, judging by AMD’s benchmarks and the specs of the new devices, you can see promising results beyond what you’d expect from an APU.
Both new models are 65-watt processors designed for desktops and laptops. The Ryzen 7 5700G is an eight-core, 16-stream APU clocked at up to 4.6 GHz, with 16 MB of L3 cache and eight CUs (control units). A slightly less powerful sibling, the Ryzen 5 5600G, is a six-core, 12-thread processor. It features 16 MB of L3 cache and seven CUs.
AMD promises impressive integrated graphics card performance, allowing content creators and gamers to consider the new Ryzen G-series APUs for their budget kits. The company’s internal benchmarks show that the Ryzen 7 5700G offers 1080p gaming at an average of 78 frames per second (fps) at high settings. A comparison of this model with an Intel Core i7-11700 processor shows a frame rate increase of up to 2.45 times in some games.
Of course, gaming performance can vary depending on the game you’re playing. When it comes to GPU games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider, you won’t see a significant improvement over previous APUs. However, in CPU games like League of Legends, the gains can be as much as 60%.
When it comes to the new Ryzen Pro processors for desktops, AMD has announced four new models built specifically for business users, the AMD Ryzen Pro 5000 G-Series and GE-Series. The former were created for small form factor PCs, while the latter are aimed at ultra-small desktops.
These processors will not be RDNA 2-based – instead, they will use Vega, like their mobile counterparts. AMD is moving to Zen 3 cores, improving performance and energy efficiency. The Pro processors were built for compact, quiet and cool systems, so their power consumption is low – 65W and 35W for the G-series and GE-series, respectively.
The new G-series processors offer up to eight cores and 16 threads, frequencies up to 4.6 GHz and a maximum cache of 20 MB. They are all made using the 7nm process node. AMD emphasized the importance of security in these processors, highlighting features such as AMD Shadow Stack to prove that security is seen as a priority.
While we don’t know the price and availability of the new Pro Series processors, AMD said the new APUs will hit the market on August 5 this year. The Ryzen 7 5700G will cost $395 and the Ryzen 5 5600G will cost $259. If AMD’s promised performance lives up to its promise, these processors and GPUs could make interesting additions to budget desktops.
