AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
The Ryzen 5 5600G is also far more suitable than the 5700G as a stop-gap for those holding out for GPU pricing to recover, and it's much more economical for use in home theater PCs. So as we see it, there's far more use cases where the 5600G makes sense and that makes it a more valuable product in our opinion.
- As reviewed by TechSpot on Aug 2021
6
Cores
12
Threads
3.9 GHz
Base Clock
4.4 GHz
Boost Clock
Socket AM4
Socket
65 W
TDP
Radeon Vega 7
Integrated Graphics
$198
Price
Release date:Apr 13, 2021Price at Launch:$259
Cores:6Threads:12
Base Clock:3.9 GHzBoost Clock:4.4 GHz
Type:DesktopMultithreading:Yes
L2 Cache:3 MBL3 Cache:16 MB
Box Cooler:YesTDP:65 W
Socket:Socket AM4Memory Support:DDR4-3200
Codename:Cezanne (Zen 3)Process Size:7 nm
Integrated Graphics:YesiGPU Model:Radeon Vega 7
NPU:NoPCIe Support:PCIe 3.0, 16 lanes

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600G pricing

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Price Date
Current $198 Dec 15, 2025
Highest* $198 Dec 10, 2025
Lowest* $134 Jun 17, 2025
Average $159
* Prices are based on listings from Newegg and other major retailers over the past 12+ months.
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Reviews and Ratings

87

Average Score

Based on 6 reviews

9.6

User Score

Based on 19,953 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Very affordable
  • Strong gaming performance on integrated graphics
  • Passable 1080p, solid 720p
  • Excellent power consumption and efficiency
  • Compatible with Radeon Software suite
  • Single CCX design
  • 7 nanometer production process
  • Bundled cooler

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • PCIe 3.0 connectivity
  • Limited motherboard compatibility at launch
  • Vega GPU architecture is dated
80

The Ryzen 5 5600G is also far more suitable than the 5700G as a stop-gap for those holding out for GPU pricing to recover, and it's much more economical for use in home theater PCs. So as we see it, there's far more use cases where the 5600G makes sense and that makes it a more valuable product in our opinion.

By TechSpot on
85

The new Ryzen 5 5600G may be a mid-tier processor, but it has some pretty big shoes to fill for AMD. The company says that it directly succeeds the Ryzen 5 3600, which in turn succeeded the Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 5 1600. These have all been immensely popular chips for AMD around the $200-mark, and the company pushed some of the highest volumes among individual SKUs with these.

By TechPowerUp on
80

The Ryzen 5 5600G steals the show with a stellar price-to-performance ratio that provides up to 96% of the iGPU gaming performance of its more expensive counterpart, but for 30% less cash.

By Tom's Hardware on
90

Looking to play PC games without a graphics card? AMD's Ryzen 5 5600G CPU and its integrated graphics give cash-strapped gamers a superb, value-focused option that Intel can't match.

By PCMag on
100

AMD is officially taking the wraps off of its latest APUs, the Ryzen 7 5700G and the Ryzen 5 5600G. As their branding suggests, these new products are based on the same technology as Ryzen 5000 series processors, namely AMD's excellent Zen 3 core...

By HotHardware on
84

Exactly two years ago, AMD last introduced a series of APUs for desktops, consisting of the Ryzen 3 3200G and Ryzen 5 3400G at the time. Lately, as a self-builder, you have been dependent on the regular Ryzens that always require a separate video card -...

By Absolute Gadget on

For my initial benchmarking of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G over the past week, I ran 131 different CPU/system benchmarks so far on this Zen 3 APU. If taking the geometric mean of all the wide range of results, the Ryzen 5 5600G was about 6% faster than the...

By Phoronix on

Earlier this year, AMD launched its Zen 3 based desktop processor solutions with integrated graphics. Marketed as the Ryzen 5000G family, these processors are the latest offering to combine AMD's high-performing Zen 3 cores with tried-and-tested Vega 8...

By AnandTech on

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