AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G is a desktop 6-core APU based on the Zen 3 microarchitecture with SMT (12 threads). It’s aimed at entry-to-mid level builds that need a solid CPU plus usable integrated graphics — suitable for office rigs, home media PCs and light gaming without a discrete GPU.

The chip pairs strong single-threaded clocks (base and boost), 16 MB of L3 cache and Radeon Vega 7 integrated graphics, allowing modern applications and many games to run on low-to-medium settings. With a 65 W TDP and DDR4-3200 support, it’s relatively power-efficient and compatible with a wide range of AM4 motherboards.

Specifications

• Cores / Threads: 6 cores / 12 threads
• Base clock: 3.9 GHz
• Max (Boost) clock: 4.4 GHz
• L3 cache: 16 MB
• TDP: 65 W
• Integrated graphics: Radeon Vega 7 (iGPU)
• iGPU frequency: up to 1900 MHz
• Memory support: DDR4-3200 (dual-channel)
• Socket: AM4
• Microarchitecture / process: Zen 3 (Cezanne), 7 nm