AMD Ryzen 7 5700G APU (Zen 3/Vega 8) Review

1. Ryzen 7 5700G - Finally an Up-to-date APU?2. Operating Frequencies & Overclocking3. Testing Methodology4. CPU Tests: Cinebench & Blender5. CPU Tests: 7-Zip Compression & Decompression6. CPU Tests: Handbrake H264 & H2657. Memory Tests: Memory Bandwidth and Latency8. Gaming: 3DMark9. Gaming: iGPU Testing10. Gaming: RTX 3080 dGPU Testing11. Technical: Power Draw and Temperatures12. Closing Thoughts13. View All Pages

F1 2020 can be cranked up the Medium preset at 1080p and runs surprisingly well on the Ryzen 7 5700G. AMD’s new chip is notably faster than the old Ryzen 5 3400G and the Core i7-11700K is nowhere to be seen. With a Freesync type display, this would make for a solid gaming experience. And if you needed 60 FPS average, the quality can be dropped a little to achieve that on the 5700G.

Godfall was not so successful at 1080p, even with its Low IQ preset. The 5700G is 15% faster than the 3400G – which is not great for a 2 years newer chip to be honest. But none of the solutions were enjoyable here.

We tried FSR to obtain higher FPS at 1080p. The only FSR setting that we were happy with was the most demanding Ultra Quality preset. All of the other presets delivered atrocious image quality results. This did deliver a noticeable boost to the 5700G and helped it comfortably pass the 30 FPS mark that may – at a push – be tolerable for some casual gamers.

GTA V is old but still massively popular so makes perfect sense for inclusion here. The 5700G does a good job at delivering an enjoyable gaming experience at 1920×1080. The average FPS number is above 60 FPS even with High IQ settings. And the 1% lows of 46 FPS are more than tolerable, especially with an Adaptive Sync display.

Here, the 5700G’s performance uplift versus the 3400G is 19%. And the new AMD APU is more than twice as fast as the Core i7-11700K with its UHD 750 iGPU.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider at its lowest settings and 1920×1080 was playable and reasonably smooth on the 5700G. No, we couldn’t hit the 60 FPS sweet spot. But for gamers who just casually play a title such as this with a 5700G, the 19% lift to performance versus the 3400G will be welcomed.

Once again, the Core i7-11700K iGPU is leagues below AMD’s offerings.

A less demanding game such as World of Tanks runs fine on the Ryzen 7 APU, with just under 100 FPS average at 1080p Medium. A 22% performance boost is seen for the 5700G versus the 3400G, which – once again – is solid but is hardly ground-breaking for a 2 years newer chip.

And Intel’s Core i7-11700K once again was not playable in this title.

Summary:

The Ryzen 7 5700G delivers a notable gain in performance versus the Ryzen 5 3400G, often to the tune of around 15-20%. This is respectable, but is hardly awe-inspiring for a 2021 APU versus a 2019 APU. That highlights the limitation of using the same Vega GPU architecture, irrelevant of adjustments to the CU count and GPU clock speed.

And Intel’s Core i7-11700K with its UHD 750 iGPU is no match for the new Ryzen 7 5700G. The AMD chip is leagues ahead in terms of gaming graphics performance.

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