APU Vs. Graphics Card: Which Is The Better Buy?

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The APU, sometimes called an iGPU, is a graphics solution integrated right into the CPU that functions similarly to a graphics card, but which of the two is the better buy? Ever since NVIDIA's popularization ofGPUs in 1999, the graphics card has become the most critical piece of hardware for gaming PCs to squeeze out as much performance as possible. The graphics card is tasked with displaying all of the visuals presented by a PC, leaving the CPU alone to work on organizing information. Thanks to their importance and scarcity, graphics cards are expensive, power-hungry and bulky, which leads to headaches along with their associated improvements in performance.

The differences between the two can be a little technical, but as far as functionality goes, the APU generally operates as a much cheaper solution at the cost of lower performance, while the dedicated graphics card has a much higher performance ceiling, but far higher cost and power usage, in addition to generating more heat and taking up more space. For these reasons alone, it can be worth looking at a contemporary APU for the purposes of light gaming and general PC uses so as to save a ton of cash. However, understanding which graphics cards compare in rough terms to which APUs can be tedious and time consuming.

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For reference, the best APUs of today, such as the Ryzen 7 5700g, can get gamers around 60 to 80 FPS in common esports titles at low to medium settings with an asking price of roughly $350 when not on sale. Conversely, the best dedicated GPUs of today will easily pull 300 FPS in the same games, assuming it is paired with a relatively powerful CPU. However, such a graphics card can cost over