AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Processor With Vega Review

Final Thoughts

Pricing

The AMD Ryzen 5 with VEGA 2400G is launching today for around $169. The price may change quickly as is often the case with writing pre-launch, but we’ll update this as quick as we can. For a quad-core CPU with 11 VEGA compute units, it’s incredibly competitive, and for a budget build with some gaming capabilities, it avoids the somewhat disaster that is the GPU market right now.

Overview

I loved the Ryzen 5 1400, but with the Ryzen 5 2400G set to replace it, today is a great day for the budget system building market. I loved the original APUs from a few years back, and they’re perfect for small form factor and budget system builds. However, the 2400G is the best one we’ve ever seen, and it’s at a price that isn’t going to break the bank.

Gaming on a CPU?

An elite gaming platform it isn’t, but it was never meant to be. However, with an overclocked to 3.9~4.0 GHz on the CPU Cores and around 1500 MHz on the GPU Cores, it’ll push around 30 FPS at 1080p. That’ snot lighting the world on fire, but if you’re after a cheaper solution to gaming, this is it. Of course, that’s on demanding games, and if you’re into your old-school emulators, casual games, and a boatload of indie titles, that performance will be way more than enough for you.

Day to Day

From a family PC at home to a jack of all trades for the small office, the 2400G ticks a lot of boxes. It’ll be good for most any day-to-day use, and Windows 10 felt just as snappy and responsive as you would expect, even compared to much more expensive solutions.

More Power!

The low power usage and heat from this CPU pays off in a big way. We were able to overclock to just under 4 GHz on the CPU, and push the GPU cores too, all on the stock cooler. You would think this would cause a nuclear meltdown, but even the stock cooler had no trouble keeping things under 60c, and it was noisy either! This means you don’t need to fork out extra money on a new cooler, and can easily squeeze out the extra performance; you would be crazy not to.

Pros

• A huge upgrade to preview generation APUs
• Great for budget system builds
• Can game around 30FPS without a dGPU
• Low power and heat
• Can overclock on stock cooler
• Very competitive price/performance
• GPU and CPU Cores can be overclocked independently
• Supports high-speed memory

Cons

• Memory performance has a huge impact on overall system performance due to the nature of this CPUs design, we strongly recommend using 2933-3200 memory, which can be quite expensive

Neutral

• Only supports 8x PCIe not 16x, but that’s unlikely to be of concern for any GPU that would likely ever be paired with a budget CPU.
• Can be a little slow for CPU heavy tasks, but that’s to be expected at this price range