[SOLVED] Ryzen 5 5600G = good choice with no gpu?

[I do not know 1 2 3]

You guessed it, I'm going to buy a Ryzen 5 5600G. I'm on a budget and graphics cards are not even available in my country LOL!
I'm gonna be using it with a 2x8GB 3200MHZ kit with a B450 Aorus Elite, MX500 1TB(that I already have from a previous crappy pc) and 1TB HDD.
Now, be blunt with me, is this good? Is it a good processor overall? Will it be good with future plans of getting a graphics card? Is it "future proof"? (answer the future proof one especially pls)

 

[I do not know 1 2 3]

Oh, and I like to add that I will be using it for "Media Consumption"(Ugh I hate that term, makes me feel worse about me sitting in front of a computer all day😡 pfft) and light gaming.

 

[CountMike]

Oh, and I like to add that I will be using it for "Media Consumption"(Ugh I hate that term, makes me feel worse about me sitting in front of a computer all day😡 pfft) and light gaming.

Integrated graphics in that processor is roughly comparable with Rx 560 or GTx 1030 in performance so gaming may be limited but for "ordinary stuff" is enough for anything much stronger dedicated GPUs are good for.

 

[drea.drechsler]

... Will it be good with future plans of getting a graphics card? Is it "future proof"? (answer the future proof one especially pls)

"Future proof" is a bad term since so much depends on what expectations are.

Alone, the 5600G's iGPU will only allow for decent low-end gaming performance. But with a high(er) end dGPU (when prices allow) the CPU will make for some excellent gaming. Maybe not stellar ultra high-FPS e-Sport gaming but triple-A type games with even a top end GPU will play very well, especially at 1440p and 4k in the very-high to ultra settings that bring out the beauty of those games' virtual worlds.

But more: because it's sitting on an AM4 motherboard you could (at some point) upgrade to a Ryzen 5800X3D and get (purportedly) top end gaming even for ultra-high FPS e-sports. So in a sense, that's great future proofing even though it's sort of a meaningless term.

 

[I do not know 1 2 3]

"Future proof" is a bad term since so much depends on what expectations are.
But with a high(er) end dGPU (when prices allow) the CPU will make for some excellent gaming. Maybe not stellar ultra high-FPS e-Sport gaming but triple-A type games with even a top end GPU will play very well, especially at 1440p and 4k in the very-high to ultra settings that bring out the beauty of those games' virtual worlds.

True true.
But is the CPU alone in the 5600G (without the IGPU in the picture) a good processor compared to all the processors right now?
Also, what do you consider a higher end dGPU is?

 

[drea.drechsler]

True true.
But is the CPU alone in the 5600G (without the IGPU in the picture) a good processor compared to all the processors right now?
Also, what do you consider a higher end dGPU is?

A higher end current gen. GPU would be and RX6800XT/RTX3080TI...high end RX6900XT/RTX3090. To be clear, I'd never suggest pairing one with a 5600G at the outset, only as an upgrade from the iGPU. Then as funds allow upgrade the CPU to a 5800X3D to make a top-end gamer. But if you need a cheap GPU to get started, with upgrade potential that doesn't leave you rebuilding the whole system along the way it's the way to go right now.

Ranking CPU's isn't always straight forward. The 5600 isn't going to be as good as a 5600XT, clearly, but it's still good enough to keep one of those GPU's busy with triple-A games at 1440p or especially 4k. Those resolutions and games put all the burden on the GPU but those games also aren't played at high FPS...usually 50-60fps is more than adequate.

But that doesn't mean it's a great CPU taken in isolation. At content creation tasks like video editing, graphic and image rendering as with Blender, etc. it will be quite limited. But then, getting a truly good CPU for that means leaving behind the all-important iGPU. A 5700G would be better for that kind of work since it has 8 cores vs. 6 and an even better iGPU to boot. But it wouldn't likely offer much better performance with a higher-end dGPU since it shares many of the same limitations of the 5600g for eSport gaming. Triple-A gaming done right (high resolution/very high to ultra settings) is (almost) always going to be GPU limited with any modern processor with 6+ cores. Gaming, in general, doesn't really care that much for more than 6 cores/12 threads.

But if you have requirements beyond gaming you really need to describe them.

 

[Lafong]

But is the CPU alone in the 5600G (without the IGPU in the picture) a good processor compared to all the processors right now?

"Good"..............

Compared to a Intel 386 from 1993, yes.

Compared to the strongest CPUs available today, no.

The 5600 G has a single thread Passmark score of 3192.

That's 50% stronger than my own CPU, which is perfectly satisfactory for my non-gaming needs.

The strongest desktop CPUs today have scores above 4000.

You get to define good. It means whatever you choose it to mean. You may be terribly disappointed, depending on your self-imposed definition.

 

[I do not know 1 2 3]

"Good"..............

Compared to a Intel 386 from 1993, yes.

Compared to the strongest CPUs available today, no.

The 5600 G has a single thread Passmark score of 3192.

That's 50% stronger than my own CPU, which is perfectly satisfactory for my non-gaming needs.

The strongest desktop CPUs today have scores above 4000.

You get to define good. It means whatever you choose it to mean. You may be terribly disappointed, depending on your self-imposed definition.

Yeah it's probably going to be good for me.