Intel hasn't gotten there, but AMD starting to bring it when it comes to budget solutions. I see all of this talk of Ryzen APU's, but what of their A-series? A8-9600 goes for just $60! To me, it's almost more worth taking about than the Ryzen APU's.
I started this Ryzen build off with an A8-9600, as an AM4 buy-in to get the thing booted up until I could decide/save for a better CPU and a dedicated card. Not exactly a graphical powerhouse but it would've been plenty if I wasn't planning to game on it. And at 720p it actually did play most current games at low to mid settings. Older games would for the most part hold 60fps at higher settings. I was impressed, as I, like most people assumed it just wouldn't be possible. If all I did was play casual games and older emulators, I'd be quite happy with it.
If I was looking to build a budget, general normie use machine I would and have used the A8-9600. $60 for a decently capable cpu with graphical performance on the level of a discreet card that costs as much as the whole APU really isn't bad at all. Especially when you consider that 8GB of 2400 is actually enough for it, no need to buy a bunch of fast, expensive ram just to fully utilize it's not-that-impressive power (looking at you ryzen. <_<) The two I've had overclock to 3.7ghz on the stock cooler with peak temps of 60C. Even with its older architecture, the A8-9600 is a super-budget desktop killer. It's the only option there AFAIC.
In fact that's what I have in my guest rig that me and friends use to look stuff up, check e-mails, show videos, play movies, play casual games, whatever on the 1080p TV in the living room. It's great for that and gets used all of the time.
I also threw one in an <$400 build for my mom and she loves it for general internet use, music, and movie streaming on her 4k TV. She wanted to get away from laptops because of heat problems and tiny screens that she can't see. Because of being able to skip on the dedicated card, I was able to squeeze in a 120GB SSD on top of the 1TB HDD. It runs great, no lag ever. And it'll likely be all she needs for many years to come.
So they have their place.
The Ryzen APU's are... ...interesting. They need some perfecting. I just feel like for what you spend on a 2400X and 16GB of 3200 ram, you could could get an OC'd 1200/1400, 8GB of ram, and a GT 1030 for a little better performance and value. It's like they created a niche nobody asked for. Now if they actually performed better or on par with a GTX 1050, I'd say they had something. But as-is they're barely entry level to me. A little too much for basic use (won't utilize what you pay for,) and yet not quite good enough for any serious use or enjoyable current-gen gaming.
So I would like to see more info on them in the future. Just based on where they've been going, things might actually get interesting. It used to be integrated graphics were just... ...integrated graphics. All you could say was "it has them." But that seems to be changing.