CPU with onboard graphics question

[p9ul]

I'm currently speccing up a new PC to run AutoCAD & Revit software. I'm not looking to do any gaming so I don't need an all singing, all dancing graphics card - but I do want to run either a single large monitor at 4k or possibly a pair of 27" displays at 1440p.

I'm looking at Ryzen 5 CPU's and can see that there's an "X" variant, and also a "G" variant - the latter having on board graphics, although I can't seem to find any info on just what a 5600G can output (which I assume will be to a single monitor only)

Also confused as to why the G & X are roughly the same cost - does the G give anything away in order to have the on board graphics?

Thanks in advance.

 

[oneman]

X range is unlocked, G has integrated graphics.

Googling "amd 5600g max resolution", third hit is a Reddit article,



Yes, it does.

Tech details:

• Maximum total resolution of all connected displays is 16384x16384, which is enough for three 5K monitors in horizontal arrangement.
• Socket AM4 routes 3 display outputs so you can connect 3 displays to AM4 mobos directly.
• 5600G has 4 display controllers, so with the help of DisplayPort MST hubs or daisy-chaining you can connect 4 independent displays.
• Be aware of bandwidth requirements when using MST hubs: The MST hub needs to support DisplayPort 1.3 in order to connect two [email protected] Hz monitors.
• You can in principle connect a [email protected] Hz monitor via DVI and DVI->HDMI adapter, but for that you need to mod the Windows driver (using pixel clock patcher), or use Linux. If you are not willing to do that, buy a mobo that can connect 3 monitors via DisplayPort or HDMI outputs (such as Gigabyte A520I AC).

 

[EndlessWaves]

Triple monitor support has been the baseline capability of all graphics for a decade or so at this point - although not all motherboards provide three ports.

 

[JollyJamma]

The 5600X would be faster at CPU processing than the 5600G but not by a whole heap.

5600X has PCi-e 4.0 and supports 128gigs of RAM compared to 64gigs with a 200mhz boost speed increase.

If you wanted to run 3 monitors and wanted to make use of Cuda acceleration then go with the 5600X and add a GPU.

If you can't ever see yourself moving past 2 monitors and don't intend on using Cuda acceleration, get the 5600G.