The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G, Ryzen 5 5600G, and Ryzen 3 5300G Review
by Dr. Ian Cutress on August 4, 2021 1:45 PM ESTIntegrated Graphics Tests
Finding 60+ FPS
Never mind 30 frames per second, if we want gaming to be smooth, we look for true 60 FPS gaming. It's going to be a benchmark for any integrated graphics solution, but one question is if games are getting more difficult to render faster than integrated graphics is improving. Given how we used to talk about 30-40 FPS on integrated graphics before Ryzen, it stands to reason that the base requirements of games is only ever getting worse. To meet that need, we need processors with a good level of integrated oomph.
So here are a series of our tests that meet that mark. Unfortunately most of them are 720p Low (or worse).
A full list of results at various resolutions and settings can be found in our Benchmark Database.
These last couple of games here, World of Tanks and CS:Source are getting on in age a bit. Playing at 1080p High/Max on both is easily done, but we cranked Source up to 4K and we're not even getting 60 frames per second. The previous generation R7 even beat out the new APUs here, probably indicating that the previous generation had more power going into the GPU and the new models are balanced towards the CPU cores a bit more. It works in some games clearly, and 1080p resolutions, but not here at 4K.
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mode_13h - Monday, August 9, 2021 - link
> RAMBUS was supposed to unlock the true power of the Pentium 4I think Intel underestimated what the DDR consortium was capable of doing. Perhaps they were right, as the DDR makers were eventually forced to license some RAMBUS patents, as I recall.
> the Willamette I used for a decade had plain SDRAM, not even DDR.
Northwood was the best. Sadly, I bought a Prescott because I wanted hyperthreading and hoped the 2x L2 cache would compensate for the longer pipeline. But, it turns out you could even get hyperthreading and 800 MHz FSB, in a couple Northwoods. I also thought SSE3 might be useful, but never got around to doing anything with it.
BTW, I also used DDR400 in my P4.
GeoffreyA - Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - link
For me, both the Prescott and A64 were available, but I went with the latter because I always wanted an Athlon. Originally, was looking at the XP 3200+ and dreamt of coupling that with an nForce2 motherboard. As for Northwood, masterpiece of a CPU. P4 would have put up a respectable defence against the A64 had they continued with it. My aunt had a 2.4 GHz Northwood back then, and my school friend a 2.66 GHz one. His struggled at first, but once he got more RAM and a GeForce FX 5700, it really flew. Still remember running through Delta Labs in Doom 3 at 60 fps!mode_13h - Wednesday, August 11, 2021 - link
Prescott was rumored to have 64-bit support, though it wasn't enabled. I think that explains some of the additional pipeline depth.When Core 2 first launched, I was skeptical the IPC could increase so much that so much lower-clocked CPUs would really outperform their predecessors. It took me a little while to fully accept it. I was hopeful the final 65 nm iteration of Pentium 4 would finally let the Netburst architecture stretch its legs, but even that couldn't overcome its inefficiencies and other deficits.
GeoffreyA - Friday, August 13, 2021 - link
Quite likely. Come to think of it, didn't the Pentium Ds have x64? And they were Prescotts.Indeed, 65 nm might have taken Northwood further. Would've made an interesting processor which we'll never see. As for their 31-stage brethren, the 65 nm Cedar Mills dropped power a fair bit.
GeoffreyA - Friday, August 13, 2021 - link
"65 nm might have taken Northwood further"Well, we didn't even get to see a 90 nm one.
coolrock2008 - Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - link
Ryzen 5 APUs Table, there is a typo. the 5600G is listed as an 8 core part whereas its listed as a 6 core part in the previous table.Wereweeb - Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - link
I know how hard it is to actually publish something that is both excellently researched and at a moment the matter is still relevant. Thank you for your coverage.Plus, it's Anantech, the important parts here are the data and analysis, not how well a tired writer proofreads their own text.
Fulljack - Friday, August 6, 2021 - link
I disagree. any researcher would say that proofreading are also as important as the analysis itself. it's how you serve the data and the analysis to broader audience, after all.dsplover - Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - link
Three times the IPC of my beloved i7 4790k’s. I’ll try one, maybe a few as I don’t need the fastest.The cooler, fast enough is fine for my 1U builds.
Thanks AMD. Tiger Lake never appeared, you win.
dsplover - Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - link
I meant 30% more IPC…