A few years ago I made a nice budget build with a Ryzen 5600G APU. What more recent APUs could be used for a modern equivalent?

Hello. As in the title, I did a build a few years ago with the 5600G, the integrated graphics APU, because I felt it was a good way to save some money for a first-time builder. It worked well, and I am strongly inclined to use the same basic approach now it's time for an upgrade (and some parts starting to not work as reliably in my old build).

Looking into it now, I'm finding it a little difficult to see what the modern equivalents of that build would be, how powerful they are, if it makes financial sense, and if such an equivalent even exists.

In particular the names I keep seeing pop up are the Ryzen 8700G and the Ryzen AI Max+ 395, the latter of which is not really widely discussed?

Furthermore, according to AMD, many of the 9000 series have some form of integrated graphics, but it seems like this is not a good option to rely on and you would want to get a dedicated GPU anyway.

So, what is the situation with APUs in 2026? Is there a good option to save some money like my old 5600G, or is it a bad time for them?