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expiredSuryasis posted Yesterday 06:11 AM
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- Unlike AMD's AM4 CPUs, it appears that most non "F" Ryzen AM5 CPUs include a weak iGPU [wikipedia.org]. This means that a non "G" 7000 or 9000 CPUs can work without a discrete graphics card.
- Ryzen APUs, desktop CPUs that end in "G", support lower PCIe versions. For example, the AM4 CPUs 5700G and 5600 support PCIe 3 and 4 respectively. The AM5 CPUs 8700G, 7600, and 9600 support PCIe 4, 5, and 5. To put it simply, you get "more PCIe" with the non "G" CPUs.
- Ryzen APUs likely use more power and generate more heat than similar CPUs for similar workloads because of the beefier iGPU. Especially when running a server OS without at GUI.
- It's normally much easier to pass through a separate, unused GPU to a VM. If you get an APU, then the additional graphics power of the APU may go unused.
- Newer Intel CPUs let you split up the iGPU into multiple virtual GPUs, which are much easier to pass through to VMs. I greatly prefer AMD to Intel CPUs in general. But for a homelab, an Intel CPU may be a better choice if you use VMs and have a desire to accelerate video transcoding.
These are just some observations I've made over the past few years. In many scenarios for homelabs, you may be better off getting a non-"G" AM5 CPU.I would have jumped on this in an instant if it was available a month ago, I ended up getting a Legion Go for the same purpose but this would have been much better.
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