AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Processor with Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics - YD2400C5FBBOX

I used this processor for a small mATX build to drive a 4K tv for both movies and some light gaming and I've been extremely happy with the results. The CPU portion of the chip is a fantastic value on its own, comparable to a Ryzen 1500X and it's performing very well. The graphics side has just blown me away though, I've been able to play multiple games in 4K (on medium-low settings granted) with decent framerates and no noticeable stuttering), so far the only two I've tried are World of Warships and Battlefleet Gothic: Armada but I've been exceedingly happy with it, I never would've believed just how capable this thing is without seeing it for myself and with current graphics card prices this thing has been a lifesaver. I liked it so much I decided to build a second one for my brother and a 2200 version for my dad. All 3 chips have been fantastic, the only things I would note is that the graphics will perform significantly better with high speed/multiple sticks of DDR4, and that if you're planning to use one of these for a HTPC or other quiet build the stock cooler isn't very loud, but if you have a fairly open case it is audible, especially if you don't have something like a HDD making noise to cover it up. It isn't loud by any means, but it's something to consider when choosing a case and people trying to build a fully silent pc may need to look at other coolers.

I would personally go with Ryzen 3 2200g or Ryzen 7 1700x. Great processor but for $5 more I’d buy the Ryzen 1700x. If you don’t have a graphics card then instead of using built in graphics, buy a Athlon 200ge (overclock to 4Ghz) and pair with a used rx 580 or gtx 1060. I’ve built many systems (a couple Athlon based) and Athlon 200ge for $50 even (at time of posting) seems to be best deal for low/mid-low GPU’s. I built a $350 budget system with a used 8gb rx 580 for $120 and averaged 70fps on beautiful settings (with 1080p) on rust. If you plan on later pairing a better gpu then a 1060 or 580 in this system then go with Ryzen 3 2200g and use Vega 8 in 720p until you can afford a rtx 2060 or Vega 56. I did this for awhile and gaming was great on Ryzen 3. Easily overclockable both gpu and cpu. If you want the most from Ryzen 3 Vega 8 then don’t overclock cpu (to conserve heat) then overclock gpu clock to 1,600Mhz or higher if u can! I would get 60+ FPS on mid/high settings with 720p on apex ledgends with Vega 8 overclocked to 1,650Mhz. The ryzen 5 cpu doesn’t have a place in my heart sadly. It performs good and I’m sure has an application. But for gaming I’d go with 2nd gen ryzen 3 or 1st gen ryzen 7 (currently $155 on Amazon). Posting this as of 2/26/19. When zen releases or ryzen 5 2400g price dips below $150 then my opinion could very well change.

Got this for my new media PC, with a mini ITX board. Good value for the $$. The Stealth cooler is compact, which was critical for my build. I did have to remove the very outer fan ring, with the AMD label, to clear the memory. Very thankful that AMD allowed for that in the design or I would have been in trouble. CPU runs greats. Plenty fast for my media PC. Installed easily, but do wish the AMD CPU design would allow for an outer locking ring to clamp over the upper edge of the CPU from the board socket. Something similar to Intel's mounting design would be a wise change. I had issues with my Ryzen 1600X cooler sticking to the CPU, in another PC, and it being a nightmare to remove without damaging the CPU. My Ryzen CPU ended up actually pulling out of the socket with the cooler "glued" by the thermo paste to the CPU. Luckily I did not damage any pins. I'll still buy AMD, as they offer, by far, the best bang for the $.

TL;DR: If your main purpose for a PC is for general use and some light gaming, this is probably the best APU you can get as of the date of this review, with all things considered (ease of use, value vs performance, and overall performance). I purchased this because I wasn't about to give up an arm and a leg for a GPU and every other AMD CPU has no integrated graphics processing unit (aside from the Ryzen 3 APU). I decided to get the Ryzen 5 APU for the performance since there will definitely be photo editing and some video editing done on this rig; no commercial projects, so no Threadripper can be justified. I dropped this into an Asus ROG Strix B-350F motherboard which came already Ryzen 2000 ready, which was super helpful. Install process of the APU is simple (just read the instructions); the only "hard" part was installing the wraith cooler, but it's more tedious than technically difficult. Performance pretty nice out of the box. The APU is pretty much a Ryzen 5 and a GTX 1030 straight out of the box (after driver update; seriously, this is really important) and is nice and snappy. With the stock cooler, and basic functions, I have yet to see the temps go beyond 45 C and generally lie in the high 20s to low 30s. (You can overclock, but do so at your own risk and if you do OC, make sure you buy a better cooler. Don't fry your APU because you want to be cheap.) **As for gaming: Ran most current online games with no issues and minimal sacrifice (LoL, Heroes of the Storm, Fortnite, Overwatch, etc.), but if you're gonna get into a AAA title, you may want to spring for a dedicated card, at least a GTX 970 4gb, which you can probably find used for under $160, at which point you can run every current game at the required settings and only not hit recommended settings on a handful (18 of 100; titles like Black Ops 4, Battlefield 1 & 5, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, etc). You can still hit other AAA titles with this combination like AC: Odyssey, Hitman(!), Fifa 19, etc)

En mi caso, lo quería para una build de desarrollo en Linux, sin intenciones de jugar, pero con potencia gráfica suficiente como para mover gráficos 3D y vídeo a 4K (30 FPS), y cumple perfectamente. Ubuntu 18.04 no tiene problemas con respecto a la aceleración gráfica, pero sí que los tiene a la hora de obtener la temperatura del procesador. Para poder obtenerla, sí que son necesarios los drivers propietarios de AMD y aunque éstos se instalan sin problemas, no los recomiendo, puesto que van peor que los que instala Ubuntu. Muy contento con el procesador, la verdad. En cuanto a Amazon, bueno, primero encargué un Ryzen 3 que pareció entrar en un agujero entre dimensiones y desapareció. Después, viendo que no venía y que el procesador era la última pieza que me quedaba para la build, compré este Ryzen 5. Me llegó, sí, pero con la caja aplastada, abierta y con trozos de plástico de envolver metidos entre las aspas del disipador y pegados en el compuesto térmico que trae preaplicado. Me llevó unas dos horas arreglar el desaguisado y usar mis propios compuestos químicos. No lo devolví porque realmente lo necesitaba, más aún tras el retraso del primer procesador que encargué. Un procesador genial, una experiencia con Amazon horrible.

Ho già assemblato 2 PC con questa CPU. Ho aspettato un paio di mesi prima di esprimermi. Volevo Essere sicuro che le sensazioni divenissero certezze. E’ stato così per moltissime delle percezioni avute, con qualche tentennamento dovuto probabilmente al controller di memoria o alle schede madri usate. AMD ritorna quindi in grande stile proponendo una seconda versione di un’architettura che ha dato un incremento di circa il 45% (e più) alla precedente versione di CPU (gli FX) a prezzi molto concorrenziali. I concetti sono rimasti invariati, i thread sono sempre 8 per questa versione rispetto agli FX di punta, ma ci troviamo di fronte ad un affinamento nei consumi (65W per una APU di questa potenza) e ad una architettura fatta da 4 core e SMT (Multi Threading Simultaneo). Parliamo di prestazioni: messo a confronto, riesce a sprigionare potenza a sufficienza per farci di TUTTO (sia in piccoli uffici, sia a casa o per divertimento). E’ al livello di Intel Core i5-7400, supera il core i5-3470 di un 10% complessivo. NOTA: in multithread spinto i suddetti processori Intel soccombono con prestazioni pari a metà del Ryzen. In situazione a 4 core o meno sono più o meno alla pari. Se poi si vanno a spulciare i listini allora è lì che ci rendiamo conto che l’affare è fatto! Il rapporto qualità prezzo per una CPU che “fa tutto” è a favore di AMD. Se prendiamo la stessa fascia di prezzo dei 150€, Intel propone nuovi Coffee Lake i3-8xxx che somigliano agli i5 della Settima generazione, ma non brillano in multithread (8 contro 4): intel per cercare di compensare (senza riuscirci) ha aumentato la frequenza (ed i consumi). Core i3-8300 supera in quad core il Ryzen 5 2400g (per via della frequenza) ma ha il 45% di prestazioni in meno. Fatevi voi un’idea a seconda delle vostre esigenze. Riassumendo, le architetture danno un IPC (Istruzione per Ciclo di clock) molto simile (Intel rispetto alla prima generazione di Ryzen era avanti di massimo il 10%). Confrontando il 2400G con la passata generazione possiamo asserire che il suo rivale è il Ryzen 5 1500X (nonostante quest’ultimo ha una cache maggiore). Parlando del fiore all’occhiello di questa APU va menzionata la Vega11 (con i suoi 704 motori di elaborazione, con l’ultima architettura di AMD di fascia alta). Praticamente ha capacità simili ad una Radeon HD7770 (GHz edition). Nella pratica invece le nuove tecnologie danno uno sprint in più al suddetto acceleratore grafico. Se confrontiamo questa GPU con quelle integrate fornite da Intel nelle sue CPU, AMD vince 3-0 a tavolino. Giochi come Batman Arkham Knight, Mad Max, Tomb Raider (2013) girano bene (con dettagli che spaziano dal minimo al massimo). AMD dichiara di poter giocare con questa APU a giochi tripla A tutto al minimo. Sì, effettivamente ce la fa! Altro vantaggio di questa CPU è il SMT, tramite il quale riesce a processare 8 thread contemporaneamente, velocizzando molte attività programmate a thread. Praticamente un i7 di qualche generazione fa (i7-4790 o i7-6700 per esempio). Ora parliamo della presunta NOTA DOLENTE: ho installato le 2 CPU acquistate su una Asrock B450M-HDV (Memorie Patriot Viper XMP a 3000MHz certificate) e una Gigabyte B450M-D3SH (Memorie HyperX Predator a 3200). Nel primo caso non sono potuto andare oltre 2866MHz e timings da profilo XMP, nel secondo mi sono fermato a 3000MHz con un profilo conservativo XPM. La CPU potrebbe essere la causa? Non lo so. So solo che non mi è mai capitata una situazione del genere in anni che assemblo PC per diletto e NON. Ad ogni modo le prestazioni non ne risentono tantissimo. Concludendo: la CPU è da consigliare a coloro che vogliono un sistema scattante (SSD/M.2 permettendo) e a chi non ha possibilità di comprare una scheda grafica (con i prezzi altissimi degli ultimi 2 anni). Le prestazioni sono adeguate a fare di tutto ad un prezzo finalmente umano. La concorrenza a parità di spesa offre prestazioni simili: superiori di poco fino a 4 core, inferiori di molto in Multithtreading. AMD ha portato vantaggi a noi acquirenti abbassando i prezzi. Per chi ha una scheda video ancora valida è bene rivolgersi ad un Ryzen 5 1500X oppure un Ryzen 5 1600X (o 2600) sulla fascia di prezzo di questo 2400G. PS: il dissipatore è quello in foto. La APU non scalda quasi mai, ma sempre con temperature che per chi ha avuto gli FX sono freschissime.

I bought the Ryzen 5 2400G as a stop gap for a new build next year. My plan was to wait until next year and the Ryzen 3000 series, however my existing rig (i7 3770K on an EVGA Z68 FTW board) was just too problematic. The USB 3.0 ports were never reliable on it and recently failed completely, and boot failures were just all to common along with BSOD. So as a result I was forced to do an earlier than anticipated upgrade. Shopping on Amazon, I picked up an MSI B450 Tomahawk, the Ryzen 5 2400g, and 16GB of G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 3000 RGB RAM. The intent was to keep it as cheap as possible while still getting reasonable parts as I intend to make this the base of a PC for my kids next year. With budget in mind I saw that Amazon had a 2400G for $159 CAD under other buying options (US pricing in Canada! yay!). In the description it said it was like new, in an opened box, but verified. In the back of my mind I thought there was a chance the CPU may have issues but felt secure enough with Amazon's return policy to take a chance on it. I got all the parts yesterday and sure enough the CPU had about 8 bent pins preventing it from inserting into the socket on the motherboard. Thankfully I'm experienced with this type of stuff having been building PC's for over 25 years. Clearly whoever had this CPU before me dropped it while attempting to install it. The bent pins were indicative of a CPU that bounced off of one corner over to the adjacent one. Anyway a few mins with a magnifying glass and a tiny screwdriver and the pins were as straight as new and the CPU dropped right in. I'm did a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro just using the on-board video as I wanted to make sure the CPU was fully stable prior to getting too carried away with pulling apart my old rig. One of the first things I noticed was an error regarding the Vega 11 graphics indicating I'd have to disable motherboard features to free up resources for it to function correctly. This seemed odd, but something I figured I'd deal with later, once all the Windows updates were applied. Well turns out I didn't have to do anything, once the Creators Update was done the error was gone. So far so good. I went on to install a few games and was actually pleasantly surprised with the Vega 11 performance. For basic gaming it would actually be usable, and will probably start this way for my kids next year. The next pleasant surprise was after installing my MSI Gaming X 1080 Ti. I wasn't sure what to expect with the stock Ryzen clocks (3.9Ghz) but it actually performs better than my overclocked i7 3770K did for gaming. Next I'll try pushing the clocks a bit on the 2400G and see what it can do. Anyway 5 stars... AMD is back and the PC gaming community is better for it. Don’t believe what people tell you about Ryzen and gaming. Sure you might give up some performance at 1080p but the reality is it’s still pushing well over 100fps and 99% of gamers wouldn’t notice the difference. If the rumours are true about Ryzen 3000 I can’t wait to get my hands on a 3700X 12c 24t CPU (for that matter even the 8c 16t 3600X). This is my first AMD CPU for my gaming PC since my dual core Opteron 165 that I had overclocked to 2.8Ghz back in 2005. Suffice it to say I’m not at all disappointed and I won't be overpaying for Intel again any time soon that's for sure. I highly recommend the Ryzen series of CPUs!

Mein altes System ist in die Jahre gekommen und es muste was neues her. Ich wollte einen schlanken aber dennoch leitungsstarken PC zu einem vernüftigen Preis und diese neue CPU (APU) von AMD schien mir da genau perfekt ... ----------- APU, was ist das? ----------- Bei den AMD Ryzen APUs handelt es sich um CPUs mit integriertem Grafikprozessor (also GPU). Solche Konstellationen werden als APU (Advanced processing units) bezeichnet. ----------- Integrierte Grafikkarte? ----------- Viele kennen das sicher noch von früher, Intels IGP. Damals gerade so für den Office Einsatz zu gebrauchen und seither kaum nennenswert weiterentwicklelt, zumindest im Consumer Bereich. Highend Grafikkarten dominieren heute ganz Klar den Markt und gerade Computerspiele verlangen immer mehr Leistung - bisher undenkbar soetwas mit einem integrieten Grafikchip zu schaffen. Doch die integrierten Systeme (1-Chip Systeme > SoC) haben sich massiv weiterentwickelt, Nintendos neueste Konsole, die Switch, zeigt eindrucksvoll wozu selbst kleinste mobile Hardware fähig ist. AMD hat nun den nächsten Schritt gemacht und bringt diese Leistung auf Desktop PCs mit erstaunlichem Ergebniss! Wichtig zu wissen ist dabei, dass diese integrierten Grafikchips natürlich keinen eigenen Speicher besitzt sondern auf den System RAM Zurückgreifen. Hier sollte man daher eine ausreichende Menge zur Verfügung stellen und auch auf die Geschwindigkeit achten um maximale Leistung zu bekommen. ----------- Erster Eindruck und Einbau ----------- Der Ryzen 5 2400G, das derzeitige "Topmodell" der Ryzen APUs, kommt in einer schlichten aber eleganzen Box. Ein Sichtfenster gibt den Blick auf die APU selbst frei. Der Rest der Box ist mit dem Kühler gefüllt und das war es auch schon. Äußerlich erkennt man nicht, dass es sich hier um eine CPU mit integrierter GPU handelt, alles sieht aus wie immer und entsprechend simpel ist auch der Einbau im System. Bei der Wahl des Kühlers sollte man sich jedoch gleich zu Beginn überlegen wofür man das System nutzen möchte. Der beiliegende Kühler ist ausreichend aber für lange Spieleinsätze und/oder in einem kleinen Gehäuse wird er doch etwas zu schwach. Hier empfiehlt es sich noch etwas mehr Geld (20-50 €) in einen hochwertigen Kühler zu investieren. ----------- Leistung ----------- Ich erspare euch jetzt Kilometerlange Benchmarkergebnisse, die kann man jederzeit im Internet finden. Mich hat vorallem interessiert ob dieser kleine Chip tatsächlich aktuelle Spiele in "spielbarer" Qualität und Leistung auf den Monitor bringt!? Für mein System habe ich 16 GB DDR3 RAM mit 3200 Mhz und CL14 Timings verwendt, damit lässt sich die Performance des Grafikchips maximieren. Getestet habe ich das hauptsächlich mit Assassin's Creed Origins, ein relativ aktuelles Spiel (ende 2017) von dem wir wissen, dass es wirklich einiges an Leistung verschlingt und selbst starke Systeme in die Knie zwingen kann. Man muss aber realistisch bleiben, wer sich erwartet mit dem Ryzen 2400G 4k bei maximalen Settings zu spielen der wird natürlich enttäuscht werden. Wenn man sich vor Augen hält was bisher mit integrierter Grafik möglich war dann wird man aber hier durchaus eine Überraschung erleben. Ohne großes Tuning und Einstellen habe ich mal die Einstellungen im Spiel auf 1080p und mittel gesetzt. Das Spiel startet schon mal, ein gutes Zeichen. Die ersten Schritte und ich war durchaus überrascht. Es sind keine 60 FPS aber ich glaube man würde von so einem Chip eher eine Slideshow erwarten. Schaltet man (mit F1) die integrierte Benchmarkanzeige ein dann sieht man woran man ist und man möchte es nicht glauben aber selbst mit diesen doch recht ordentlichen Settings und ohne weiteres tuning läuft das Spiel hier mit rund 20-25 FPS. Klingt erstmal nach wenig aber es ist ja noch Luft denn wir spielen hier immer noch mit mittleren Settings (also alles auf mittel) und 1080p. Schruabt man an den Einstellungen und reduziert vor allem die wirklichen "Leistungsfresser" wie Texturqualität und Anti Aliasing etwas dann kommt man schon auf einen FPS Schnitt von knappen 30 FPS ohne jetzt massive Einbusen bei der Bildqualität hinnehmen zu müssen. Das ist schon beachtlich. Flüssige 40+ FPS sind mit 1080p dann aber nicht möglich, hier muss man auf 720 runter gehen, dann aber läfut das Spiel wirklich super und macht spaß. Wenn man bedenkt, dass man hier eine CPU + GPU für gerade mal 140 € vor sich hat ist das beachtlich. Officeanwendungen sind dennoch die größte Stärke des Ryzen 2400G, dort spielt er seine 3.9 GHZ CPU voll aus. Für reine Officezwecke ist der kleinere 2200G die optimale Lösung. Mit rund 90 € bietet er immer noch sehr gute Grafikleistung, wenn auch spürbar schwächer, für gängige Officeanwendungen ist er aber mehr als ausreichend und die geringere Abwärme macht ihn zur idealen CPU für klaine office Systeme. ----------- FAZIT ----------- WOW wer hätte das in Zeiten von 1000€ Grafikkarten gedacht, dass wir 2018 mit einer AMD APU Spiele wie Assassin's Creed oder andere spielen können ohne utopische Summen für Hardware zu bezahlen? Noch ist das kein Ersatz für eine starke Grafikkarte aber wer mit geringerer Auflösung oder geringeren Details leben kann bzw. nicht unbedingt die neuesten und leistungshungrigsten Spiele spielen will, dem bietet AMD mit den neuen Ryzen APUs eine echte Alternative an und gerade im SFF (Small Form Factor) Bereich erfreuen sie sich einer rasend wachsenden Beliebtheit weil es nun endlich auch ohne Grafikkarte möglich ist halbwegs gute Grafik zu bekommen. Wenn AMD weiter mit Hochdruck daran arbeitet werden wir schon bald deutlich leistungsfähigere APUs sehen.

Très bon rapport qualité prix