AMD is launching new Socket AM4 processor SKUs well into 2025, eight years into the platform's lifecycle. The company just launched six new processor models under the Ryzen 5005G series. These span the Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5, and Ryzen 3 tiers, and are all desktop APUs based on the 7 nm "Cezanne" monolithic silicon that combines up to 8 "Zen 3" CPU cores with an iGPU based on the "Vega" graphics architecture, featuring up to 8 compute units (CU). There's nothing [much] to report about the 5005G series, except that they are iGPU speed bumps of existing SKUs. These are not meant to be confused with the 5000GT series, which were CPU speed-bumps of the chips AMD launched in 2024.

Among the six new SKUs, the top-spec part is the Ryzen 7 5705G, which maxes out the silicon, enabling the full 8-core/16-thread "Zen 3" CPU with 512 KB of L2 cache per core and 16 MB of shared L3 cache; and the iGPU with all 8 CUs. This chip comes with CPU clock speeds of 3.80 GHz base with 4.60 GHz boost, with 2.20 GHz max engine clock for the iGPU. The CPU clock speeds are unchanged compared to the Ryzen 7 5700G, but the iGPU gets a 10% increase in max engine clock. The Ryzen 7 5705GE is an energy efficient variant with 3.20 GHz base and 4.60 GHz boost for the CPU to achieve a 35 W TDP, but the iGPU engine clock gets the same 200 MHz speed bump.Things get interesting with the Ryzen 5 5605G. This 6-core/12-thread chip comes with 3.90 GHz base and 4.40 GHz boost—identical clock speeds the 5600G—and identical 1.90 GHz iGPU engine clock to the 5600G. We're not sure what sets this SKU apart, but it is fairly differentiated from last year's 5600GT, which came with reduced 3.60 GHz CPU base frequency but with increase 4.60 GHz boost frequency. The 5605GE is an energy-efficient variant with 3.40/4.40 GHz clocks and 35 W TDP.

And then come the Ryzen 3 5305G/5305GE. The 5305G has a 4-core/8-thread CPU with 8 MB shared L3 cache (so half the CCX is disabled), clocked at 4.00 GHz base with 4.20 GHz boost. The iGPU has 6 CU, and 1.70 GHz engine clocks. The 5305GE comes with 3.60 GHz base and 4.20 GHz boost CPU frequencies.

At this point we don't know if AMD intends to sell these chips in the retail channel, or if it's exclusive to the OEM/SI channel.